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Recognised as Colour

#DE9656

  • #DE9656
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sandy brown

#DE9656 is a orange with RGB values 222, 150, 86 and HSL 28°, 67%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sandy brown.

Colour values

#DE9656#DE9656
HEX#DE9656
RGBrgb(222, 150, 86)
RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.5882, 0.3373
RGB percentages87.1%, 58.8%, 33.7%
HSLhsl(28.2, 67.3%, 60.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(28.2, 61.3%, 87.1%)
CMYK0%, 32.4%, 61.3%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,587,478
CSS custom property--colour: #DE9656;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38014WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness169.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.6:1
Contrast with white2.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A1A1A1
Inverted#2169A9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AC9C50no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#BDAC57no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.8 from the original
Tritanopia#F18787no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.44:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 6.8Peru · ΔE 7.3Light salmon · ΔE 15.9Dark salmon · ΔE 18.2Burlywood · ΔE 21.7Dark goldenrod · ΔE 23.2
Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 6.85, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#569EDE
Analogous#DE565A, #DEDA56
Triadic#56DE96, #9656DE
Split complementary#56DEDA, #565ADE
Tetradic#5ADE56, #569EDE, #DA56DE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F7E6D6
Lighter +20%#EFCBAB
Lighter +10%#E6B181
Darker −10%#D67B2B
Darker −20%#AC6322
Darker −30%#824A19
Darker −40%#573211
More saturated +25%#F7953D
Less saturated −25%#C5976F

Channel breakdown

R222
G150
B86
Red222 (87.1%)
Green150 (58.8%)
Blue86 (33.7%)
Hue28.24°
Saturation (HSL)67.33%
Lightness60.39%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DE · G 96 · B 56

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