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#66554E

Umber · dark warm orange

About #66554E

#66554E is a dark, muted orange colour. Digitally that works out to 40% red, 33% green and 31% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 17% magenta, 24% yellow and 60% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is virtually identical to Umber (ΔE 2.6), with Walnut the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #4E5F66 (charcoal), its complementary partner.

Because it is dark, it is most useful for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 7.06:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (7.06:1).

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Red102
Green85
Blue78

Closest named colours

Umber
#635147 · ΔE 2.6
Walnut
#5C4033 · ΔE 10.9
Coffee
#6F4E37 · ΔE 13.5

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #66554E

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on umber #66554E.
7.06:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on umber #66554E.
2.97:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #66554E appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#66554E
Protanopia (no red cones)
#59574E
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#5D5A4E
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#6B5253

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #66554E?

#66554E is a dark, muted orange colour. Digitally that works out to 40% red, 33% green and 31% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 17% magenta, 24% yellow and 60% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #66554E?

Use white text. White on #66554E has a contrast ratio of 7.06:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #66554E?

Its complementary colour is #4E5F66, and analogous partners are #664E53 and #66614E.