Recognised as Colour

#DD6400

#DD6400
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Chocolate

#DD6400 is a orange with RGB values 221, 100, 0 and HSL 27°, 100%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Chocolate.

Colour values

#DD6400#DD6400

HEX#DD6400

RGBrgb(221, 100, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.3922, 0

RGB percentages86.7%, 39.2%, 0%

HSLhsl(27.1, 100%, 43.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(27.1, 100%, 86.7%)

CMYK0%, 54.8%, 100%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,509,056

CSS custom property--colour: #DD6400;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24486WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness143.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.9:1

Contrast with white3.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.9:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#777777

Inverted#229BFF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#887700no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49 from the original

Deuteranopia#A59200no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.1 from the original

Tritanopia#F34655no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.56:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Chocolate · ΔE 10.7 Dark orange · ΔE 17.7 Coral · ΔE 20.9 Tomato · ΔE 24.4 Orange red · ΔE 24.7 Peru · ΔE 28.5

Nearest named CSS colourChocolate (#D2691E)ΔE 10.68, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#0079DD

Analogous#DD000A, #DDD300

Triadic#00DD64, #6400DD

Split complementary#00DDD2, #000BDD

Tetradic#0ADD00, #0079DD, #D300DD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFD0AA

Lighter +30%#FFB577

Lighter +20%#FF9944

Lighter +10%#FF7D11

Darker −10%#AA4D00

Darker −20%#773600

Darker −30%#441F00

Darker −40%#110800

More saturated +25%#DD6400

Less saturated −25%#C1671C

Channel breakdown

R221

G100

Red221 (86.7%)

Green100 (39.2%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue27.15°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness43.33%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DD · G 64 · B 00

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