Recognised as Colour

#E0C987

#E0C987
Orange
Light
Nearest: Burlywood

#E0C987 is a orange with RGB values 224, 201, 135 and HSL 44°, 59%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Burlywood.

Colour values

#E0C987#E0C987

HEX#E0C987

RGBrgb(224, 201, 135)

RGB (0–1)0.8784, 0.7882, 0.5294

RGB percentages87.8%, 78.8%, 52.9%

HSLhsl(44.5, 58.9%, 70.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(44.5, 39.7%, 87.8%)

CMYK0%, 10.3%, 39.7%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,731,655

CSS custom property--colour: #E0C987;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5937WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness202 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.87:1

Contrast with white1.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9

Inverted#1F3678

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D7C782no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#DDCD89no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original

Tritanopia#EDBFB8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.63:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Burlywood · ΔE 11 Dark khaki · ΔE 11.7 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 12.5 Navajo white · ΔE 12.8 Moccasin · ΔE 14.4 Wheat · ΔE 14.5

Nearest named CSS colourBurlywood (#DEB887)ΔE 10.99, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#879EE0

Analogous#E09C87, #CBE087

Triadic#87E0C9, #C987E0

Split complementary#87CBE0, #9C87E0

Tetradic#87E09C, #879EE0, #E087CB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F5EDD8

Lighter +10%#EADBB0

Darker −10%#D6B75E

Darker −20%#CBA536

Darker −30%#A4842A

Darker −40%#7B6420

More saturated +25%#F3D274

Less saturated −25%#CDC09A

Channel breakdown

R224

G201

B135

Red224 (87.8%)

Green201 (78.8%)

Blue135 (52.9%)

Hue44.49°

Saturation (HSL)58.94%

Lightness70.39%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E0 · G C9 · B 87

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