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Recognised as Colour

#DD9B7E

  • #DD9B7E
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark salmon

#DD9B7E is a orange with RGB values 221, 155, 126 and HSL 18°, 58%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark salmon.

Colour values

#DD9B7E#DD9B7E
HEX#DD9B7E
RGBrgb(221, 155, 126)
RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.6078, 0.4941
RGB percentages86.7%, 60.8%, 49.4%
HSLhsl(18.3, 58.3%, 68%)
HSV / HSBhsv(18.3, 43%, 86.7%)
CMYK0%, 29.9%, 43%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,523,262
CSS custom property--colour: #DD9B7E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40321WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness174.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.06:1
Contrast with white2.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7
Inverted#226481

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ACA27Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#BCB07Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.7 from the original
Tritanopia#ED9093no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.32:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark salmon · ΔE 7.5Light salmon · ΔE 14.9Burlywood · ΔE 16.7Tan · ΔE 17Rosy brown · ΔE 19.9Sandy brown · ΔE 22.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark salmon (#E9967A)ΔE 7.47, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7EC0DD
Analogous#DD7E90, #DDCB7E
Triadic#7EDD9B, #9B7EDD
Split complementary#7EDDCA, #7E91DD
Tetradic#91DD7E, #7EC0DD, #CA7EDD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FDF9F7
Lighter +20%#F2DACF
Lighter +10%#E8BAA6
Darker −10%#D27C56
Darker −20%#C25F33
Darker −30%#9A4B28
Darker −40%#71371E
More saturated +25%#F1936A
Less saturated −25%#C9A392

Channel breakdown

R221
G155
B126
Red221 (86.7%)
Green155 (60.8%)
Blue126 (49.4%)
Hue18.32°
Saturation (HSL)58.28%
Lightness68.04%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DD · G 9B · B 7E

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