Recognised as Colour

#E2B166

#E2B166
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Sandy brown

#E2B166 is a orange with RGB values 226, 177, 102 and HSL 36°, 68%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sandy brown.

Colour values

#E2B166#E2B166

HEX#E2B166

RGBrgb(226, 177, 102)

RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.6941, 0.4

RGB percentages88.6%, 69.4%, 40%

HSLhsl(36.3, 68.1%, 64.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(36.3, 54.9%, 88.6%)

CMYK0%, 21.7%, 54.9%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,856,550

CSS custom property--colour: #E2B166;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48572WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness186.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.71:1

Contrast with white1.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B6B6B6

Inverted#1D4E99

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C4B25Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#D0BE68no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.2 from the original

Tritanopia#F3A49Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.96:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 14 Burlywood · ΔE 15 Peru · ΔE 18.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 18.9 Tan · ΔE 20.8 Navajo white · ΔE 22.7

Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 14.03, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6697E2

Analogous#E27366, #D5E266

Triadic#66E2B1, #B166E2

Split complementary#66D5E2, #7366E2

Tetradic#66E273, #6697E2, #E266D5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FAF3E7

Lighter +20%#F2DDBC

Lighter +10%#EAC791

Darker −10%#DA9B3B

Darker −20%#BE8124

Darker −30%#93641C

Darker −40%#684714

More saturated +25%#F9B64F

Less saturated −25%#CBAC7D

Channel breakdown

R226

G177

B102

Red226 (88.6%)

Green177 (69.4%)

Blue102 (40%)

Hue36.29°

Saturation (HSL)68.13%

Lightness64.31%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E2 · G B1 · B 66

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