Colour

#E04E00

#E04E00
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Orange red

#E04E00 is a orange with RGB values 224, 78, 0 and HSL 21°, 100%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Orange red.

Colour values

#E04E00#E04E00

HEX#E04E00

RGBrgb(224, 78, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.8784, 0.3059, 0

RGB percentages87.8%, 30.6%, 0%

HSLhsl(20.9, 100%, 43.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(20.9, 100%, 87.8%)

CMYK0%, 65.2%, 100%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,700,032

CSS custom property--colour: #E04E00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21296WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness136.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.26:1

Contrast with white3.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.26:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#676767

Inverted#1FB1FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7A6A00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 59.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#9D8B00no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 60.1 from the original

Tritanopia#F71D43no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.99:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Orange red · ΔE 14.9 Chocolate · ΔE 19 Tomato · ΔE 19.8 Coral · ΔE 23.3 Red · ΔE 25.9 Dark orange · ΔE 26.7

Nearest named CSS colourOrange red (#FF4500)ΔE 14.93, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0092E0

Analogous#E00022, #E0BE00

Triadic#00E04E, #4E00E0

Split complementary#00E0BE, #0022E0

Tetradic#22E000, #0092E0, #BE00E0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFCAAD

Lighter +30%#FFA87A

Lighter +20%#FF8747

Lighter +10%#FF6614

Darker −10%#AD3C00

Darker −20%#7A2A00

Darker −30%#471900

Darker −40%#140700

More saturated +25%#E04E00

Less saturated −25%#C4571C

Channel breakdown

R224

G78

Red224 (87.8%)

Green78 (30.6%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue20.89°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness43.92%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E0 · G 4E · B 00

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