Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#E0B462

  • #E0B462
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sandy brown

#E0B462 is a orange with RGB values 224, 180, 98 and HSL 39°, 67%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sandy brown.

Colour values

#E0B462#E0B462
HEX#E0B462
RGBrgb(224, 180, 98)
RGB (0–1)0.8784, 0.7059, 0.3843
RGB percentages87.8%, 70.6%, 38.4%
HSLhsl(39, 67%, 63.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(39, 56.3%, 87.8%)
CMYK0%, 19.6%, 56.3%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,726,242
CSS custom property--colour: #E0B462;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.49372WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness187.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.87:1
Contrast with white1.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7
Inverted#1F4B9D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C7B45Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#D1BF65no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.8 from the original
Tritanopia#F1A7A1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.93:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 16.7Burlywood · ΔE 17.4Dark khaki · ΔE 17.4Peru · ΔE 20.4Khaki · ΔE 21.4Goldenrod · ΔE 22.1
Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 16.66, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#628EE0
Analogous#E07562, #CDE062
Triadic#62E0B4, #B462E0
Split complementary#62CDE0, #7562E0
Tetradic#62E075, #628EE0, #E062CD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F9F1E2
Lighter +20%#F1DDB7
Lighter +10%#E8C88D
Darker −10%#D8A037
Darker −20%#B88424
Darker −30%#8D661C
Darker −40%#634713
More saturated +25%#F7BB4B
Less saturated −25%#C8AD7A

Channel breakdown

R224
G180
B98
Red224 (87.8%)
Green180 (70.6%)
Blue98 (38.4%)
Hue39.05°
Saturation (HSL)67.02%
Lightness63.14%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E0 · G B4 · B 62

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “e0b462” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.