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Recognised as Colour

#DD9F51

  • #DD9F51
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sandy brown

#DD9F51 is a orange with RGB values 221, 159, 81 and HSL 33°, 67%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sandy brown.

Colour values

#DD9F51#DD9F51
HEX#DD9F51
RGBrgb(221, 159, 81)
RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.6235, 0.3176
RGB percentages86.7%, 62.4%, 31.8%
HSLhsl(33.4, 67.3%, 59.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(33.4, 63.3%, 86.7%)
CMYK0%, 28.1%, 63.3%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,524,241
CSS custom property--colour: #DD9F51;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40763WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness173.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.15:1
Contrast with white2.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7
Inverted#2260AE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B4A249no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#C3B153no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.6 from the original
Tritanopia#EF908Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.29:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 9Peru · ΔE 10.4Dark goldenrod · ΔE 18.3Goldenrod · ΔE 20.9Burlywood · ΔE 21.8Light salmon · ΔE 22.2
Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 9.04, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#518FDD
Analogous#DD5951, #D5DD51
Triadic#51DD9F, #9F51DD
Split complementary#51D5DD, #5951DD
Tetradic#51DD59, #518FDD, #DD51D5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FEFDFC
Lighter +30%#F6E6D1
Lighter +20%#EECEA6
Lighter +10%#E5B77C
Darker −10%#D28729
Darker −20%#A76C21
Darker −30%#7D5018
Darker −40%#523510
More saturated +25%#F7A237
Less saturated −25%#C39C6B

Channel breakdown

R221
G159
B81
Red221 (86.7%)
Green159 (62.4%)
Blue81 (31.8%)
Hue33.43°
Saturation (HSL)67.31%
Lightness59.22%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DD · G 9F · B 51

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