Recognised as Colour

#E25400

#E25400
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Orange red

#E25400 is a orange with RGB values 226, 84, 0 and HSL 22°, 100%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Orange red.

Colour values

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HEX#E25400

RGBrgb(226, 84, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.3294, 0

RGB percentages88.6%, 32.9%, 0%

HSLhsl(22.3, 100%, 44.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(22.3, 100%, 88.6%)

CMYK0%, 62.8%, 100%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,832,640

CSS custom property--colour: #E25400;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22509WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness139.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.5:1

Contrast with white3.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.5:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#6C6C6C

Inverted#1DABFF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7E6E00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 58.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#A18F00no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 58.6 from the original

Tritanopia#F92A48no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.82:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Orange red · ΔE 16.1 Chocolate · ΔE 17.5 Tomato · ΔE 20.4 Coral · ΔE 22.5 Dark orange · ΔE 24.3 Red · ΔE 27.6

Nearest named CSS colourOrange red (#FF4500)ΔE 16.05, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#008EE2

Analogous#E2001D, #E2C500

Triadic#00E254, #5400E2

Split complementary#00E2C5, #001DE2

Tetradic#1DE200, #008EE2, #C500E2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFCDAF

Lighter +30%#FFAD7C

Lighter +20%#FF8D49

Lighter +10%#FF6D16

Darker −10%#AF4100

Darker −20%#7C2E00

Darker −30%#491B00

Darker −40%#160800

More saturated +25%#E25400

Less saturated −25%#C65B1C

Channel breakdown

R226

G84

Red226 (88.6%)

Green84 (32.9%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue22.3°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness44.31%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E2 · G 54 · B 00

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