Recognised as Colour

#E19C5A

#E19C5A
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Sandy brown

#E19C5A is a orange with RGB values 225, 156, 90 and HSL 29°, 69%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sandy brown.

Colour values

#E19C5A#E19C5A

HEX#E19C5A

RGBrgb(225, 156, 90)

RGB (0–1)0.8824, 0.6118, 0.3529

RGB percentages88.2%, 61.2%, 35.3%

HSLhsl(29.3, 69.2%, 61.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(29.3, 60%, 88.2%)

CMYK0%, 30.7%, 60%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,785,626

CSS custom property--colour: #E19C5A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40523WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness174.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.1:1

Contrast with white2.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.1:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6

Inverted#1E63A5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B2A154no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#C2B15Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.3 from the original

Tritanopia#F48D8Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.31:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.1:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 6.2 Peru · ΔE 9.1 Light salmon · ΔE 16.6 Dark salmon · ΔE 19 Burlywood · ΔE 20.1 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 23.1

Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 6.18, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5A9FE1

Analogous#E15A5B, #E1E05A

Triadic#5AE19C, #9C5AE1

Split complementary#5AE1E0, #5A5BE1

Tetradic#5BE15A, #5A9FE1, #E05AE1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F9EADB

Lighter +20%#F1D0B0

Lighter +10%#E9B685

Darker −10%#D9822F

Darker −20%#B46921

Darker −30%#895019

Darker −40%#5E3711

More saturated +25%#F99B42

Less saturated −25%#C99D72

Channel breakdown

R225

G156

B90

Red225 (88.2%)

Green156 (61.2%)

Blue90 (35.3%)

Hue29.33°

Saturation (HSL)69.23%

Lightness61.76%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E1 · G 9C · B 5A

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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