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Recognised as Colour

#DD9853

  • #DD9853
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sandy brown

#DD9853 is a orange with RGB values 221, 152, 83 and HSL 30°, 67%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sandy brown.

Colour values

#DD9853#DD9853
HEX#DD9853
RGBrgb(221, 152, 83)
RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.5961, 0.3255
RGB percentages86.7%, 59.6%, 32.5%
HSLhsl(30, 67%, 59.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(30, 62.4%, 86.7%)
CMYK0%, 31.2%, 62.4%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,522,451
CSS custom property--colour: #DD9853;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38453WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.69:1
Contrast with white2.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A2A2A2
Inverted#2267AC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AE9D4Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#BEAD54no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.4 from the original
Tritanopia#F08988no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.42:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 6.9Peru · ΔE 7.2Light salmon · ΔE 18.1Dark salmon · ΔE 20.5Dark goldenrod · ΔE 21.1Burlywood · ΔE 21.8
Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 6.89, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5398DD
Analogous#DD5353, #DDDD53
Triadic#53DD98, #9853DD
Split complementary#53DDDD, #5353DD
Tetradic#53DD53, #5398DD, #DD53DD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFEFD
Lighter +30%#F6E4D3
Lighter +20%#EECBA8
Lighter +10%#E5B27E
Darker −10%#D37F2A
Darker −20%#A96521
Darker −30%#7E4C19
Darker −40%#533211
More saturated +25%#F79839
Less saturated −25%#C3986D

Channel breakdown

R221
G152
B83
Red221 (86.7%)
Green152 (59.6%)
Blue83 (32.5%)
Hue30°
Saturation (HSL)66.99%
Lightness59.61%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DD · G 98 · B 53

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