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Recognised as Colour

#DD9B04

  • #DD9B04
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Goldenrod

#DD9B04 is a orange with RGB values 221, 155, 4 and HSL 42°, 96%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

#DD9B04#DD9B04
HEX#DD9B04
RGBrgb(221, 155, 4)
RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.6078, 0.0157
RGB percentages86.7%, 60.8%, 1.6%
HSLhsl(41.8, 96.4%, 44.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(41.8, 98.2%, 86.7%)
CMYK0%, 29.9%, 98.2%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,523,140
CSS custom property--colour: #DD9B04;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38824WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness169.4 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#9E9E9E
Inverted#2264FB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B49E00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#C3AE13no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.6 from the original
Tritanopia#F18984no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 57.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever 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

Goldenrod · ΔE 7.5Orange · ΔE 13Dark goldenrod · ΔE 14.3Dark orange · ΔE 22.3Peru · ΔE 26.2Sandy brown · ΔE 27.4
Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 7.51, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#0446DD
Analogous#DD2F04, #B3DD04
Triadic#04DD9B, #9B04DD
Split complementary#04B3DD, #2E04DD
Tetradic#04DD2E, #0446DD, #DD04B2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FEE6AF
Lighter +30%#FDD67D
Lighter +20%#FCC64B
Lighter +10%#FBB619
Darker −10%#AB7803
Darker −20%#795502
Darker −30%#473201
Darker −40%#150E00
More saturated +25%#E19D00
Less saturated −25%#C19020

Channel breakdown

R221
G155
B4
Red221 (86.7%)
Green155 (60.8%)
Blue4 (1.6%)
Hue41.75°
Saturation (HSL)96.44%
Lightness44.12%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DD · G 9B · B 04

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