Colour

#DD9955

#DD9955
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Sandy brown

#DD9955 is a orange with RGB values 221, 153, 85 and HSL 30°, 67%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sandy brown.

Colour values

#DD9955#DD9955

HEX#DD9955

HEX (short)#D95

RGBrgb(221, 153, 85)

RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.6, 0.3333

RGB percentages86.7%, 60%, 33.3%

HSLhsl(30, 66.7%, 60%)

HSV / HSBhsv(30, 61.5%, 86.7%)

CMYK0%, 30.8%, 61.5%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,522,709

CSS custom property--colour: #DD9955;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3881WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness170.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.76:1

Contrast with white2.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3

Inverted#2266AA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#AF9E4Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#BFAE56no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24 from the original

Tritanopia#EF8A89no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.4:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 7 Peru · ΔE 7.8 Light salmon · ΔE 17.8 Dark salmon · ΔE 20.1 Burlywood · ΔE 21 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 21.6

Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 7.04, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5599DD

Analogous#DD5555, #DDDD55

Triadic#55DD99, #9955DD

Split complementary#55DDDD, #5555DD

Tetradic#55DD55, #5599DD, #DD55DD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F7E6D5

Lighter +20%#EECCAA

Lighter +10%#E5B37F

Darker −10%#D5802A

Darker −20%#AA6622

Darker −30%#804D19

Darker −40%#553311

More saturated +25%#F7993B

Less saturated −25%#C3996E

Channel breakdown

R221

G153

B85

Red221 (86.7%)

Green153 (60%)

Blue85 (33.3%)

Hue30°

Saturation (HSL)66.67%

Lightness60%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DD · G 99 · B 55

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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