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Recognised as Colour

#E18B2E

  • #E18B2E
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Peru

#E18B2E is a orange with RGB values 225, 139, 46 and HSL 31°, 75%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Peru.

Colour values

#E18B2E#E18B2E
HEX#E18B2E
RGBrgb(225, 139, 46)
RGB (0–1)0.8824, 0.5451, 0.1804
RGB percentages88.2%, 54.5%, 18%
HSLhsl(31.2, 74.9%, 53.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(31.2, 79.6%, 88.2%)
CMYK0%, 38.2%, 79.6%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,781,230
CSS custom property--colour: #E18B2E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3467WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness163.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.93:1
Contrast with white2.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#979797
Inverted#1E74D1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A6931Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#BAA72Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.1 from the original
Tritanopia#F67779no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.65:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Peru · ΔE 13.3Chocolate · ΔE 15Sandy brown · ΔE 15.9Dark goldenrod · ΔE 17.4Dark orange · ΔE 19.5Goldenrod · ΔE 20.2
Nearest named CSS colourPeru (#CD853F)ΔE 13.31, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2E84E1
Analogous#E1322E, #DDE12E
Triadic#2EE18B, #8B2EE1
Split complementary#2EDDE1, #322EE1
Tetradic#2EE132, #2E84E1, #E12EDD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FBEEE0
Lighter +30%#F4D5B4
Lighter +20%#EEBD87
Lighter +10%#E7A45B
Darker −10%#C0711C
Darker −20%#945715
Darker −30%#673D0F
Darker −40%#3B2208
More saturated +25%#FF8C10
Less saturated −25%#C38A4C

Channel breakdown

R225
G139
B46
Red225 (88.2%)
Green139 (54.5%)
Blue46 (18%)
Hue31.17°
Saturation (HSL)74.9%
Lightness53.14%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E1 · G 8B · B 2E

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