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Recognised as Colour

#DD9C79

  • #DD9C79
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark salmon

#DD9C79 is a orange with RGB values 221, 156, 121 and HSL 21°, 60%, 67%. 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

#DD9C79#DD9C79
HEX#DD9C79
RGBrgb(221, 156, 121)
RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.6118, 0.4745
RGB percentages86.7%, 61.2%, 47.5%
HSLhsl(21, 59.5%, 67.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(21, 45.2%, 86.7%)
CMYK0%, 29.4%, 45.2%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,523,513
CSS custom property--colour: #DD9C79;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4053WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness174.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.11:1
Contrast with white2.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7
Inverted#226386

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AEA276no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#BDB079no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.8 from the original
Tritanopia#ED9093no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.31:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark salmon · ΔE 8Light salmon · ΔE 14Burlywood · ΔE 15.1Tan · ΔE 16.3Sandy brown · ΔE 19.5Peru · ΔE 21.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark salmon (#E9967A)ΔE 8.05, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#79BADD
Analogous#DD7988, #DDCE79
Triadic#79DD9C, #9C79DD
Split complementary#79DDCE, #7988DD
Tetradic#88DD79, #79BADD, #CE79DD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FCF6F3
Lighter +20%#F2D8CA
Lighter +10%#E7BAA2
Darker −10%#D37E50
Darker −20%#BF6331
Darker −30%#974E26
Darker −40%#6E391C
More saturated +25%#F29664
Less saturated −25%#C8A28E

Channel breakdown

R221
G156
B121
Red221 (86.7%)
Green156 (61.2%)
Blue121 (47.5%)
Hue21°
Saturation (HSL)59.52%
Lightness67.06%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DD · G 9C · B 79

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