Recognised as Colour

#E1812C

#E1812C
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Chocolate

#E1812C is a orange with RGB values 225, 129, 44 and HSL 28°, 75%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Chocolate.

Colour values

#E1812C#E1812C

HEX#E1812C

RGBrgb(225, 129, 44)

RGB (0–1)0.8824, 0.5059, 0.1725

RGB percentages88.2%, 50.6%, 17.3%

HSLhsl(28.2, 75.1%, 52.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(28.2, 80.4%, 88.2%)

CMYK0%, 42.7%, 80.4%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,778,668

CSS custom property--colour: #E1812C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3189WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness158.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.38:1

Contrast with white2.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#8F8F8F

Inverted#1E7ED3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9E8C1Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#B5A22Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37 from the original

Tritanopia#F66C70no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.85:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Chocolate · ΔE 9.6 Peru · ΔE 14.5 Sandy brown · ΔE 17.9 Coral · ΔE 18.6 Dark orange · ΔE 18.9 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 22

Nearest named CSS colourChocolate (#D2691E)ΔE 9.6, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2C8CE1

Analogous#E12C32, #E1DB2C

Triadic#2CE181, #812CE1

Split complementary#2CE1DB, #2C32E1

Tetradic#32E12C, #2C8CE1, #DB2CE1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FAECDF

Lighter +30%#F4D1B2

Lighter +20%#EEB685

Lighter +10%#E79C59

Darker −10%#BF681B

Darker −20%#925015

Darker −30%#66370E

Darker −40%#391F08

More saturated +25%#FF7F0E

Less saturated −25%#C3834A

Channel breakdown

R225

G129

B44

Red225 (88.2%)

Green129 (50.6%)

Blue44 (17.3%)

Hue28.18°

Saturation (HSL)75.1%

Lightness52.75%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E1 · G 81 · B 2C

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