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Recognised as Colour

#E2A355

  • #E2A355
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sandy brown

#E2A355 is a orange with RGB values 226, 163, 85 and HSL 33°, 71%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sandy brown.

Colour values

#E2A355#E2A355
HEX#E2A355
RGBrgb(226, 163, 85)
RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.6392, 0.3333
RGB percentages88.6%, 63.9%, 33.3%
HSLhsl(33.2, 70.9%, 61%)
HSV / HSBhsv(33.2, 62.4%, 88.6%)
CMYK0%, 27.9%, 62.4%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,852,949
CSS custom property--colour: #E2A355;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43019WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.6:1
Contrast with white2.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ABABAB
Inverted#1D5CAA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B9A74Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#C7B557no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.9 from the original
Tritanopia#F59491no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.19:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 8.3Peru · ΔE 11.5Dark goldenrod · ΔE 19.3Goldenrod · ΔE 21Burlywood · ΔE 21.4Light salmon · ΔE 21.8
Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 8.27, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5594E2
Analogous#E25C55, #DBE255
Triadic#55E2A3, #A355E2
Split complementary#55DBE2, #5D55E2
Tetradic#55E25C, #5594E2, #E255DA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F8EAD8
Lighter +20%#F1D2AC
Lighter +10%#E9BB81
Darker −10%#DB8B29
Darker −20%#B3701E
Darker −30%#875517
Darker −40%#5B3A10
More saturated +25%#FBA63C
Less saturated −25%#C9A06E

Channel breakdown

R226
G163
B85
Red226 (88.6%)
Green163 (63.9%)
Blue85 (33.3%)
Hue33.19°
Saturation (HSL)70.85%
Lightness60.98%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E2 · G A3 · B 55

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