Colour

#E16717

#E16717
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Chocolate

#E16717 is a orange with RGB values 225, 103, 23 and HSL 24°, 81%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Chocolate.

Colour values

#E16717#E16717

HEX#E16717

RGBrgb(225, 103, 23)

RGB (0–1)0.8824, 0.4039, 0.0902

RGB percentages88.2%, 40.4%, 9%

HSLhsl(23.8, 81.5%, 48.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(23.8, 89.8%, 88.2%)

CMYK0%, 54.2%, 89.8%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,771,991

CSS custom property--colour: #E16717;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2577WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness146.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.15:1

Contrast with white3.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.15:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7B7B7B

Inverted#1E98E8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8A7A00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#A89510no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.5 from the original

Tritanopia#F74A59no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.41:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Chocolate · ΔE 8.4 Coral · ΔE 16.9 Dark orange · ΔE 19.5 Tomato · ΔE 21 Orange red · ΔE 25.2 Peru · ΔE 26.4

Nearest named CSS colourChocolate (#D2691E)ΔE 8.39, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1791E1

Analogous#E1172C, #E1CC17

Triadic#17E167, #6717E1

Split complementary#17E1CC, #172CE1

Tetradic#2CE117, #1791E1, #CC17E1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FADDCA

Lighter +30%#F5BF9C

Lighter +20%#F0A16E

Lighter +10%#EB8440

Darker −10%#B35212

Darker −20%#843D0E

Darker −30%#562709

Darker −40%#281204

More saturated +25%#F86200

Less saturated −25%#C26D36

Channel breakdown

R225

G103

B23

Red225 (88.2%)

Green103 (40.4%)

Blue23 (9%)

Hue23.76°

Saturation (HSL)81.45%

Lightness48.63%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E1 · G 67 · B 17

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