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Recognised as Colour

#DF9D57

  • #DF9D57
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sandy brown

#DF9D57 is a orange with RGB values 223, 157, 87 and HSL 31°, 68%, 61%. 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

#DF9D57#DF9D57
HEX#DF9D57
RGBrgb(223, 157, 87)
RGB (0–1)0.8745, 0.6157, 0.3412
RGB percentages87.5%, 61.6%, 34.1%
HSLhsl(30.9, 68%, 60.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(30.9, 61%, 87.5%)
CMYK0%, 29.6%, 61%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,654,807
CSS custom property--colour: #DF9D57;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4049WCAG 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 9.1:1
Contrast with white2.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.1:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6
Inverted#2062A8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B2A250no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#C2B158no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23 from the original
Tritanopia#F18E8Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.31:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.1:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 7Peru · ΔE 9.2Light salmon · ΔE 18.6Burlywood · ΔE 20.3Dark salmon · ΔE 21Dark goldenrod · ΔE 21.4
Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 6.97, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5799DF
Analogous#DF5957, #DDDF57
Triadic#57DF9D, #9D57DF
Split complementary#57DDDF, #5957DF
Tetradic#57DF59, #5799DF, #DF57DD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F7E8D8
Lighter +20%#EFCFAD
Lighter +10%#E7B682
Darker −10%#D7842C
Darker −20%#AF6A21
Darker −30%#845019
Darker −40%#593611
More saturated +25%#F89E3E
Less saturated −25%#C69C70

Channel breakdown

R223
G157
B87
Red223 (87.5%)
Green157 (61.6%)
Blue87 (34.1%)
Hue30.88°
Saturation (HSL)68%
Lightness60.78%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DF · G 9D · B 57

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