Recognised as Colour

#E17235

#E17235
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Chocolate

#E17235 is a orange with RGB values 225, 114, 53 and HSL 21°, 74%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Chocolate.

Colour values

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HEX#E17235

RGBrgb(225, 114, 53)

RGB (0–1)0.8824, 0.4471, 0.2078

RGB percentages88.2%, 44.7%, 20.8%

HSLhsl(21.3, 74.1%, 54.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(21.3, 76.4%, 88.2%)

CMYK0%, 49.3%, 76.4%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,774,837

CSS custom property--colour: #E17235;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28299WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness151.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.66:1

Contrast with white3.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.66:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#858585

Inverted#1E8DCA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#91822Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#AC9B33no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45 from the original

Tritanopia#F75A65no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.15:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Chocolate · ΔE 6.8 Coral · ΔE 10.4 Peru · ΔE 18.2 Tomato · ΔE 19.6 Sandy brown · ΔE 21.8 Light salmon · ΔE 23.8

Nearest named CSS colourChocolate (#D2691E)ΔE 6.8, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#35A4E1

Analogous#E1354E, #E1C835

Triadic#35E172, #7235E1

Split complementary#35E1C8, #354EE1

Tetradic#4EE135, #35A4E1, #C835E1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FBEEE7

Lighter +30%#F5CFBA

Lighter +20%#EEB08E

Lighter +10%#E89161

Darker −10%#C6591D

Darker −20%#994517

Darker −30%#6D3110

Darker −40%#401D0A

More saturated +25%#FE6A18

Less saturated −25%#C47A52

Channel breakdown

R225

G114

B53

Red225 (88.2%)

Green114 (44.7%)

Blue53 (20.8%)

Hue21.28°

Saturation (HSL)74.14%

Lightness54.51%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E1 · G 72 · B 35

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