Recognised as Colour

#E08B2A

#E08B2A
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Peru

#E08B2A is a orange with RGB values 224, 139, 42 and HSL 32°, 75%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Peru.

Colour values

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HEX#E08B2A

RGBrgb(224, 139, 42)

RGB (0–1)0.8784, 0.5451, 0.1647

RGB percentages87.8%, 54.5%, 16.5%

HSLhsl(32, 74.6%, 52.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(32, 81.3%, 87.8%)

CMYK0%, 37.9%, 81.3%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,715,690

CSS custom property--colour: #E08B2A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3448WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness162.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.9:1

Contrast with white2.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#969696

Inverted#1F74D5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A69318no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#BAA62Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.1 from the original

Tritanopia#F57778no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.66:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Peru · ΔE 14.3 Chocolate · ΔE 15.7 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 16.7 Sandy brown · ΔE 17 Dark orange · ΔE 18.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 19.2

Nearest named CSS colourPeru (#CD853F)ΔE 14.32, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2A7FE0

Analogous#E0302A, #DAE02A

Triadic#2AE08B, #8B2AE0

Split complementary#2ADAE0, #302AE0

Tetradic#2AE030, #2A7FE0, #E02ADA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FAECDC

Lighter +30%#F3D4B0

Lighter +20%#EDBB83

Lighter +10%#E6A357

Darker −10%#BC711B

Darker −20%#8F5615

Darker −30%#633B0E

Darker −40%#362108

More saturated +25%#FF8D0C

Less saturated −25%#C28949

Channel breakdown

R224

G139

B42

Red224 (87.8%)

Green139 (54.5%)

Blue42 (16.5%)

Hue31.98°

Saturation (HSL)74.59%

Lightness52.16%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E0 · G 8B · B 2A

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