Recognised as Colour

#E04C00

#E04C00
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Orange red

#E04C00 is a orange with RGB values 224, 76, 0 and HSL 20°, 100%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Orange red.

Colour values

#E04C00#E04C00

HEX#E04C00

RGBrgb(224, 76, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.8784, 0.298, 0

RGB percentages87.8%, 29.8%, 0%

HSLhsl(20.4, 100%, 43.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(20.4, 100%, 87.8%)

CMYK0%, 66.1%, 100%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,699,520

CSS custom property--colour: #E04C00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21016WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness135.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.2:1

Contrast with white4.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.2:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#666666

Inverted#1FB3FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#796900no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 60.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#9D8B00no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 60.9 from the original

Tritanopia#F71741no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.04:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Orange red · ΔE 14.4 Tomato · ΔE 19.7 Chocolate · ΔE 19.7 Coral · ΔE 23.7 Red · ΔE 25.1 Dark orange · ΔE 27.5

Nearest named CSS colourOrange red (#FF4500)ΔE 14.35, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#0094E0

Analogous#E00024, #E0BC00

Triadic#00E04C, #4C00E0

Split complementary#00E0BC, #0024E0

Tetradic#24E000, #0094E0, #BC00E0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFC9AD

Lighter +30%#FFA77A

Lighter +20%#FF8547

Lighter +10%#FF6414

Darker −10%#AD3B00

Darker −20%#7A2900

Darker −30%#471800

Darker −40%#140700

More saturated +25%#E04C00

Less saturated −25%#C4551C

Channel breakdown

R224

G76

Red224 (87.8%)

Green76 (29.8%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue20.36°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness43.92%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E0 · G 4C · B 00

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Colour values

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