Recognised as Colour

#E27C3E

#E27C3E
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Chocolate

#E27C3E is a orange with RGB values 226, 124, 62 and HSL 23°, 74%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Chocolate.

Colour values

#E27C3E#E27C3E

HEX#E27C3E

RGBrgb(226, 124, 62)

RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.4863, 0.2431

RGB percentages88.6%, 48.6%, 24.3%

HSLhsl(22.7, 73.9%, 56.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(22.7, 72.6%, 88.6%)

CMYK0%, 45.1%, 72.6%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,842,942

CSS custom property--colour: #E27C3E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30932WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness157.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.19:1

Contrast with white2.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#8D8D8D

Inverted#1D83C1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#998937no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#B1A03Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.6 from the original

Tritanopia#F7676Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.92:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Chocolate · ΔE 9.6 Coral · ΔE 11.9 Peru · ΔE 13.6 Sandy brown · ΔE 16.8 Light salmon · ΔE 20 Tomato · ΔE 23.3

Nearest named CSS colourChocolate (#D2691E)ΔE 9.64, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3EA4E2

Analogous#E23E52, #E2CE3E

Triadic#3EE27C, #7C3EE2

Split complementary#3EE2CE, #3E52E2

Tetradic#52E23E, #3EA4E2, #CE3EE2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FDF4EF

Lighter +30%#F6D6C3

Lighter +20%#EFB897

Lighter +10%#E99A6A

Darker −10%#CE611F

Darker −20%#A24C18

Darker −30%#753712

Darker −40%#49220B

More saturated +25%#FE7522

Less saturated −25%#C6835A

Channel breakdown

R226

G124

B62

Red226 (88.6%)

Green124 (48.6%)

Blue62 (24.3%)

Hue22.68°

Saturation (HSL)73.87%

Lightness56.47%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E2 · G 7C · B 3E

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