Recognised as Colour

#E26C25

#E26C25
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Chocolate

#E26C25 is a orange with RGB values 226, 108, 37 and HSL 23°, 77%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Chocolate.

Colour values

#E26C25#E26C25

HEX#E26C25

RGBrgb(226, 108, 37)

RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.4235, 0.1451

RGB percentages88.6%, 42.4%, 14.5%

HSLhsl(22.5, 76.5%, 51.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(22.5, 83.6%, 88.6%)

CMYK0%, 52.2%, 83.6%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,838,821

CSS custom property--colour: #E26C25;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27027WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness149.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.41:1

Contrast with white3.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.41:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#808080

Inverted#1D93DA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8E7D18no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#AA9821no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48 from the original

Tritanopia#F8515Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.28:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Chocolate · ΔE 5.9 Coral · ΔE 13.5 Tomato · ΔE 19.7 Dark orange · ΔE 21.3 Peru · ΔE 22.9 Sandy brown · ΔE 26.5

Nearest named CSS colourChocolate (#D2691E)ΔE 5.86, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#259BE2

Analogous#E2253C, #E2CA25

Triadic#25E26C, #6C25E2

Split complementary#25E2CA, #253DE2

Tetradic#3DE225, #259BE2, #CB25E2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FAE5D9

Lighter +30%#F4C7AC

Lighter +20%#EEA97F

Lighter +10%#E88A52

Darker −10%#BB5619

Darker −20%#8E4113

Darker −30%#612D0D

Darker −40%#341807

More saturated +25%#FF6508

Less saturated −25%#C37444

Channel breakdown

R226

G108

B37

Red226 (88.6%)

Green108 (42.4%)

Blue37 (14.5%)

Hue22.54°

Saturation (HSL)76.52%

Lightness51.57%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E2 · G 6C · B 25

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