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Recognised as Colour

#E0993C

  • #E0993C
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Peru

#E0993C is a orange with RGB values 224, 153, 60 and HSL 34°, 73%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Peru.

Colour values

#E0993C#E0993C
HEX#E0993C
RGBrgb(224, 153, 60)
RGB (0–1)0.8784, 0.6, 0.2353
RGB percentages87.8%, 60%, 23.5%
HSLhsl(34, 72.6%, 55.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(34, 73.2%, 87.8%)
CMYK0%, 31.7%, 73.2%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,719,292
CSS custom property--colour: #E0993C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38956WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.79:1
Contrast with white2.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A1A1A1
Inverted#1F66C3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B19E30no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#C2AE3Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.2 from the original
Tritanopia#F48886no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.39:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Peru · ΔE 12Sandy brown · ΔE 12.6Dark goldenrod · ΔE 14Goldenrod · ΔE 15.4Chocolate · ΔE 22.5Orange · ΔE 23.2
Nearest named CSS colourPeru (#CD853F)ΔE 12.01, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3C83E0
Analogous#E0473C, #D5E03C
Triadic#3CE099, #993CE0
Split complementary#3CD5E0, #473CE0
Tetradic#3CE047, #3C83E0, #E03CD5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FCF5EC
Lighter +30%#F5DEC0
Lighter +20%#EEC794
Lighter +10%#E7B068
Darker −10%#C98020
Darker −20%#9D6419
Darker −30%#714812
Darker −40%#452C0B
More saturated +25%#FC9D20
Less saturated −25%#C49558

Channel breakdown

R224
G153
B60
Red224 (87.8%)
Green153 (60%)
Blue60 (23.5%)
Hue34.02°
Saturation (HSL)72.57%
Lightness55.69%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E0 · G 99 · B 3C

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