Colour

#DDAA66

#DDAA66
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Sandy brown

#DDAA66 is a orange with RGB values 221, 170, 102 and HSL 34°, 64%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sandy brown.

Colour values

#DDAA66#DDAA66

HEX#DDAA66

HEX (short)#DA6

RGBrgb(221, 170, 102)

RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.6667, 0.4

RGB percentages86.7%, 66.7%, 40%

HSLhsl(34.3, 63.6%, 63.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(34.3, 53.8%, 86.7%)

CMYK0%, 23.1%, 53.8%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,527,078

CSS custom property--colour: #DDAA66;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45081WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness181 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.02:1

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

Contrast with black10.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B0B0B0

Inverted#225599

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BDAC60no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#C9B868no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.6 from the original

Tritanopia#EE9D9Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

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

Contrast with black, large text10.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 13.1 Burlywood · ΔE 13.2 Peru · ΔE 16.5 Tan · ΔE 18.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 19.8 Light salmon · ΔE 22

Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 13.14, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6699DD

Analogous#DD6E66, #D4DD66

Triadic#66DDAA, #AA66DD

Split complementary#66D5DD, #6E66DD

Tetradic#66DD6E, #6699DD, #DD66D5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F9F0E3

Lighter +20%#F0D8B9

Lighter +10%#E6C190

Darker −10%#D4933C

Darker −20%#B57928

Darker −30%#8B5D1F

Darker −40%#614116

More saturated +25%#F4AD4F

Less saturated −25%#C6A77D

Channel breakdown

R221

G170

B102

Red221 (86.7%)

Green170 (66.7%)

Blue102 (40%)

Hue34.29°

Saturation (HSL)63.64%

Lightness63.33%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DD · G AA · B 66

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Colour values

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