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Recognised as Colour

#DFA257

  • #DFA257
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sandy brown

#DFA257 is a orange with RGB values 223, 162, 87 and HSL 33°, 68%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sandy brown.

Colour values

#DFA257#DFA257
HEX#DFA257
RGBrgb(223, 162, 87)
RGB (0–1)0.8745, 0.6353, 0.3412
RGB percentages87.5%, 63.5%, 34.1%
HSLhsl(33.1, 68%, 60.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(33.1, 61%, 87.5%)
CMYK0%, 27.4%, 61%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,656,087
CSS custom property--colour: #DFA257;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42217WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness176.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.44:1
Contrast with white2.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.44:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA
Inverted#205DA8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B7A550no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#C5B459no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.5 from the original
Tritanopia#F19391no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.22:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 8.7Peru · ΔE 11.4Burlywood · ΔE 19.8Dark goldenrod · ΔE 20.1Light salmon · ΔE 21.3Goldenrod · ΔE 22.4
Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 8.73, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5794DF
Analogous#DF5E57, #D8DF57
Triadic#57DFA2, #A257DF
Split complementary#57D8DF, #5E57DF
Tetradic#57DF5E, #5794DF, #DF57D8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F7E9D8
Lighter +20%#EFD1AD
Lighter +10%#E7BA82
Darker −10%#D78A2C
Darker −20%#AF6F21
Darker −30%#845419
Darker −40%#593911
More saturated +25%#F8A53E
Less saturated −25%#C69F70

Channel breakdown

R223
G162
B87
Red223 (87.5%)
Green162 (63.5%)
Blue87 (34.1%)
Hue33.09°
Saturation (HSL)68%
Lightness60.78%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DF · G A2 · B 57

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