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Recognised as Colour

#E2A686

  • #E2A686
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark salmon

#E2A686 is a orange with RGB values 226, 166, 134 and HSL 21°, 61%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark salmon.

Colour values

#E2A686#E2A686
HEX#E2A686
RGBrgb(226, 166, 134)
RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.651, 0.5255
RGB percentages88.6%, 65.1%, 52.5%
HSLhsl(20.9, 61.3%, 70.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(20.9, 40.7%, 88.6%)
CMYK0%, 26.5%, 40.7%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,853,766
CSS custom property--colour: #E2A686;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45162WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness183 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.03:1
Contrast with white2.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B0B0B0
Inverted#1D5979

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B6AC84no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#C4B886no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.6 from the original
Tritanopia#F19C9Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.09:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark salmon · ΔE 10.8Burlywood · ΔE 12.7Tan · ΔE 13.3Light salmon · ΔE 16.4Peach puff · ΔE 19.6Rosy brown · ΔE 20.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark salmon (#E9967A)ΔE 10.81, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#86C2E2
Analogous#E28694, #E2D486
Triadic#86E2A6, #A686E2
Split complementary#86E2D4, #8694E2
Tetradic#94E286, #86C2E2, #D486E2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F6E3D8
Lighter +10%#ECC4AF
Darker −10%#D8885D
Darker −20%#CE6934
Darker −30%#A75428
Darker −40%#7E3F1E
More saturated +25%#F5A073
Less saturated −25%#CFAC99

Channel breakdown

R226
G166
B134
Red226 (88.6%)
Green166 (65.1%)
Blue134 (52.5%)
Hue20.87°
Saturation (HSL)61.33%
Lightness70.59%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E2 · G A6 · B 86

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