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Recognised as Colour

#E1BC9F

  • #E1BC9F
  • Orange
  • Light
  • Nearest: Tan

#E1BC9F is a orange with RGB values 225, 188, 159 and HSL 26°, 52%, 75%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

#E1BC9F#E1BC9F
HEX#E1BC9F
RGBrgb(225, 188, 159)
RGB (0–1)0.8824, 0.7373, 0.6235
RGB percentages88.2%, 73.7%, 62.4%
HSLhsl(26.4, 52.4%, 75.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(26.4, 29.3%, 88.2%)
CMYK0%, 16.4%, 29.3%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,793,887
CSS custom property--colour: #E1BC9F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54477WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness196.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.9:1
Contrast with white1.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2
Inverted#1E4360

Colour vision & accessibility

Protanopia#C7BE9Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#D0C69Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.9 from the original
Tritanopia#EDB5B4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.77:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 7.3, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

Complementary#9FC4E1
Analogous#E19FA3, #E1DD9F
Triadic#9FE1BC, #BC9FE1
Split complementary#9FE1DD, #9FA3E1
Tetradic#A3E19F, #9FC4E1, #DD9FE1

Tints, shades & saturation

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F9F2ED
Lighter +10%#EDD7C6
Darker −10%#D5A178
Darker −20%#C98651
Darker −30%#B06C37
Darker −40%#89542B
More saturated +25%#F1BA8F
Less saturated −25%#D1BEAF

Channel breakdown

R225
G188
B159
Red225 (88.2%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue159 (62.4%)
Hue26.36°
Saturation (HSL)52.38%
Lightness75.29%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E1 · G BC · B 9F

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