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Recognised as Colour

#DD956E

  • #DD956E
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark salmon

#DD956E is a orange with RGB values 221, 149, 110 and HSL 21°, 62%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark salmon.

Colour values

#DD956E#DD956E
HEX#DD956E
RGBrgb(221, 149, 110)
RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.5843, 0.4314
RGB percentages86.7%, 58.4%, 43.1%
HSLhsl(21.1, 62%, 64.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(21.1, 50.2%, 86.7%)
CMYK0%, 32.6%, 50.2%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,521,710
CSS custom property--colour: #DD956E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37993WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.6:1
Contrast with white2.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A1A1A1
Inverted#226A91

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A99C6Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#BAAC6Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.9 from the original
Tritanopia#EE888Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.44:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark salmon · ΔE 6.8Light salmon · ΔE 11.3Sandy brown · ΔE 16.4Peru · ΔE 17.6Burlywood · ΔE 18.2Tan · ΔE 20.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark salmon (#E9967A)ΔE 6.84, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6EB6DD
Analogous#DD6E7E, #DDCD6E
Triadic#6EDD95, #956EDD
Split complementary#6EDDCC, #6E7FDD
Tetradic#7EDD6E, #6EB6DD, #CC6EDD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FAF0EA
Lighter +20%#F0D1C1
Lighter +10%#E7B397
Darker −10%#D37745
Darker −20%#BA5D2B
Darker −30%#904922
Darker −40%#673418
More saturated +25%#F38E58
Less saturated −25%#C79C84

Channel breakdown

R221
G149
B110
Red221 (86.7%)
Green149 (58.4%)
Blue110 (43.1%)
Hue21.08°
Saturation (HSL)62.01%
Lightness64.9%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DD · G 95 · B 6E

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