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Recognised as Colour

#E09F5E

  • #E09F5E
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sandy brown

#E09F5E is a orange with RGB values 224, 159, 94 and HSL 30°, 68%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sandy brown.

Colour values

#E09F5E#E09F5E
HEX#E09F5E
RGBrgb(224, 159, 94)
RGB (0–1)0.8784, 0.6235, 0.3686
RGB percentages87.8%, 62.4%, 36.9%
HSLhsl(30, 67.7%, 62.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(30, 58%, 87.8%)
CMYK0%, 29%, 58%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,720,862
CSS custom property--colour: #E09F5E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41452WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness175.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.29:1
Contrast with white2.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8
Inverted#1F60A1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B4A458no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22 from the original
Deuteranopia#C3B25Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.3 from the original
Tritanopia#F29090no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.26:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 7.6Peru · ΔE 10.8Light salmon · ΔE 17.1Burlywood · ΔE 17.9Dark salmon · ΔE 18.8Tan · ΔE 22.8
Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 7.59, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5E9FE0
Analogous#E05E5E, #E0E05E
Triadic#5EE09F, #9F5EE0
Split complementary#5EE0E0, #5E5EE0
Tetradic#5EE05E, #5E9FE0, #E05EE0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F9EBDE
Lighter +20%#F0D2B4
Lighter +10%#E8B889
Darker −10%#D88633
Darker −20%#B56C23
Darker −30%#8A521B
Darker −40%#603912
More saturated +25%#F89F46
Less saturated −25%#C89F76

Channel breakdown

R224
G159
B94
Red224 (87.8%)
Green159 (62.4%)
Blue94 (36.9%)
Hue30°
Saturation (HSL)67.71%
Lightness62.35%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E0 · G 9F · B 5E

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