Recognised as Colour

#E27F25

#E27F25
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Chocolate

#E27F25 is a orange with RGB values 226, 127, 37 and HSL 29°, 77%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Chocolate.

Colour values

#E27F25#E27F25

HEX#E27F25

RGBrgb(226, 127, 37)

RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.498, 0.1451

RGB percentages88.6%, 49.8%, 14.5%

HSLhsl(28.6, 76.5%, 51.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(28.6, 83.6%, 88.6%)

CMYK0%, 43.8%, 83.6%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,843,685

CSS custom property--colour: #E27F25;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31481WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness157.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.3:1

Contrast with white2.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E

Inverted#1D80DA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9D8A13no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#B4A124no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.5 from the original

Tritanopia#F8696Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.88:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Chocolate · ΔE 9.4 Dark orange · ΔE 16.5 Peru · ΔE 17.1 Coral · ΔE 19.3 Sandy brown · ΔE 20.2 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 22.8

Nearest named CSS colourChocolate (#D2691E)ΔE 9.41, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2588E2

Analogous#E22529, #E2DD25

Triadic#25E27F, #7F25E2

Split complementary#25E2DD, #252AE2

Tetradic#2AE225, #2588E2, #DE25E2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FAE9D9

Lighter +30%#F4CEAC

Lighter +20%#EEB47F

Lighter +10%#E89952

Darker −10%#BB6619

Darker −20%#8E4E13

Darker −30%#61350D

Darker −40%#341C07

More saturated +25%#FF7E08

Less saturated −25%#C38044

Channel breakdown

R226

G127

B37

Red226 (88.6%)

Green127 (49.8%)

Blue37 (14.5%)

Hue28.57°

Saturation (HSL)76.52%

Lightness51.57%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E2 · G 7F · B 25

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