Recognised as Colour

#DE6509

#DE6509
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Chocolate

#DE6509 is a orange with RGB values 222, 101, 9 and HSL 26°, 92%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Chocolate.

Colour values

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HEX#DE6509

RGBrgb(222, 101, 9)

RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.3961, 0.0353

RGB percentages87.1%, 39.6%, 3.5%

HSLhsl(25.9, 92.2%, 45.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(25.9, 95.9%, 87.1%)

CMYK0%, 54.5%, 95.9%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,574,857

CSS custom property--colour: #DE6509;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24857WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness144 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.97:1

Contrast with white3.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.97:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#787878

Inverted#219AF6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#887800no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#A69300no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.2 from the original

Tritanopia#F44857no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.52:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Chocolate · ΔE 9.6 Dark orange · ΔE 18.3 Coral · ΔE 19.5 Tomato · ΔE 23.3 Orange red · ΔE 24.9 Peru · ΔE 27.6

Nearest named CSS colourChocolate (#D2691E)ΔE 9.61, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0982DE

Analogous#DE0917, #DED009

Triadic#09DE65, #6509DE

Split complementary#09DECF, #0918DE

Tetradic#17DE09, #0982DE, #CF09DE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FCD5B7

Lighter +30%#FAB886

Lighter +20%#F89B55

Lighter +10%#F67F24

Darker −10%#AD4F07

Darker −20%#7C3805

Darker −30%#4B2203

Darker −40%#1A0C01

More saturated +25%#E76400

Less saturated −25%#C16926

Channel breakdown

R222

G101

Red222 (87.1%)

Green101 (39.6%)

Blue9 (3.5%)

Hue25.92°

Saturation (HSL)92.21%

Lightness45.29%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DE · G 65 · B 09

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