Recognised as Colour

#E09C04

#E09C04
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Goldenrod

#E09C04 is a orange with RGB values 224, 156, 4 and HSL 41°, 96%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

#E09C04#E09C04

HEX#E09C04

RGBrgb(224, 156, 4)

RGB (0–1)0.8784, 0.6118, 0.0157

RGB percentages87.8%, 61.2%, 1.6%

HSLhsl(41.5, 96.5%, 44.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(41.5, 98.2%, 87.8%)

CMYK0%, 30.4%, 98.2%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,720,004

CSS custom property--colour: #E09C04;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39633WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness171.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.93:1

Contrast with white2.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9F9F9F

Inverted#1F63FB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B59F00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#C5B013no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.5 from the original

Tritanopia#F58985no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 58.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.35:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 8.3 Orange · ΔE 11.8 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 15.3 Dark orange · ΔE 21.5 Peru · ΔE 26.7 Sandy brown · ΔE 27.6

Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 8.28, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0448E0

Analogous#E02E04, #B6E004

Triadic#04E09C, #9C04E0

Split complementary#04B6E0, #2E04E0

Tetradic#04E02E, #0448E0, #E004B6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FEE6B2

Lighter +30%#FDD680

Lighter +20%#FCC64E

Lighter +10%#FBB61C

Darker −10%#AE7903

Darker −20%#7C5602

Darker −30%#4A3301

Darker −40%#181000

More saturated +25%#E49E00

Less saturated −25%#C39120

Channel breakdown

R224

G156

Red224 (87.8%)

Green156 (61.2%)

Blue4 (1.6%)

Hue41.45°

Saturation (HSL)96.49%

Lightness44.71%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E0 · G 9C · B 04

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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