Colour

#DD9555

#DD9555
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Peru

#DD9555 is a orange with RGB values 221, 149, 85 and HSL 28°, 67%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Peru.

Colour values

#DD9555#DD9555

HEX#DD9555

RGBrgb(221, 149, 85)

RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.5843, 0.3333

RGB percentages86.7%, 58.4%, 33.3%

HSLhsl(28.2, 66.7%, 60%)

HSV / HSBhsv(28.2, 61.5%, 86.7%)

CMYK0%, 32.6%, 61.5%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,521,685

CSS custom property--colour: #DD9555;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37523WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness168.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.5:1

Contrast with white2.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A0A0A0

Inverted#226AAA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#AB9B4Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#BCAB56no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.8 from the original

Tritanopia#F08586no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.47:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Peru · ΔE 7 Sandy brown · ΔE 7.1 Light salmon · ΔE 16 Dark salmon · ΔE 18.2 Burlywood · ΔE 21.9 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 23.1

Nearest named CSS colourPeru (#CD853F)ΔE 6.98, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#559DDD

Analogous#DD5559, #DDD955

Triadic#55DD95, #9555DD

Split complementary#55DDD9, #5559DD

Tetradic#59DD55, #559DDD, #D955DD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F7E5D5

Lighter +20%#EECAAA

Lighter +10%#E5B07F

Darker −10%#D57B2A

Darker −20%#AA6222

Darker −30%#804A19

Darker −40%#553111

More saturated +25%#F7943B

Less saturated −25%#C3976E

Channel breakdown

R221

G149

B85

Red221 (86.7%)

Green149 (58.4%)

Blue85 (33.3%)

Hue28.24°

Saturation (HSL)66.67%

Lightness60%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DD · G 95 · B 55

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Colour values

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