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Recognised as Colour

#DE9E53

  • #DE9E53
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sandy brown

#DE9E53 is a orange with RGB values 222, 158, 83 and HSL 32°, 68%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sandy brown.

Colour values

#DE9E53#DE9E53
HEX#DE9E53
RGBrgb(222, 158, 83)
RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.6196, 0.3255
RGB percentages87.1%, 62%, 32.5%
HSLhsl(32.4, 67.8%, 59.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(32.4, 62.6%, 87.1%)
CMYK0%, 28.8%, 62.6%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,589,523
CSS custom property--colour: #DE9E53;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40608WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness173.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.12:1
Contrast with white2.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6
Inverted#2161AC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B3A24Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#C3B155no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.5 from the original
Tritanopia#F08F8Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.3:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 8Peru · ΔE 9.6Dark goldenrod · ΔE 19.4Light salmon · ΔE 20.8Burlywood · ΔE 21.3Goldenrod · ΔE 22.3
Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 7.95, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5393DE
Analogous#DE5853, #D9DE53
Triadic#53DE9E, #9E53DE
Split complementary#53D9DE, #5853DE
Tetradic#53DE59, #5393DE, #DE53D9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFE
Lighter +30%#F7E6D3
Lighter +20%#EECEA9
Lighter +10%#E6B67E
Darker −10%#D58629
Darker −20%#AA6B21
Darker −30%#805018
Darker −40%#553510
More saturated +25%#F8A039
Less saturated −25%#C49C6D

Channel breakdown

R222
G158
B83
Red222 (87.1%)
Green158 (62%)
Blue83 (32.5%)
Hue32.37°
Saturation (HSL)67.8%
Lightness59.8%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DE · G 9E · B 53

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