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Recognised as Colour

#E38F47

  • #E38F47
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Peru

#E38F47 is a orange with RGB values 227, 143, 71 and HSL 28°, 74%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Peru.

Colour values

#E38F47#E38F47
HEX#E38F47
RGBrgb(227, 143, 71)
RGB (0–1)0.8902, 0.5608, 0.2784
RGB percentages89%, 56.1%, 27.8%
HSLhsl(27.7, 73.6%, 58.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(27.7, 68.7%, 89%)
CMYK0%, 37%, 68.7%, 11%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,913,351
CSS custom property--colour: #E38F47;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36431WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness167.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.29:1
Contrast with white2.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9C9C9C
Inverted#1C70B8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A8973Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#BCAA47no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.3 from the original
Tritanopia#F77D7Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.53:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Peru · ΔE 7.1Sandy brown · ΔE 8.4Chocolate · ΔE 17Light salmon · ΔE 18.6Coral · ΔE 19.9Dark goldenrod · ΔE 21.4
Nearest named CSS colourPeru (#CD853F)ΔE 7.09, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#479BE3
Analogous#E3474D, #E3DD47
Triadic#47E38F, #8F47E3
Split complementary#47E3DD, #474DE3
Tetradic#4DE347, #479BE3, #DD47E3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FEFBF8
Lighter +30%#F7E0CC
Lighter +20%#F0C5A0
Lighter +10%#EAAA73
Darker −10%#D67521
Darker −20%#AA5C1A
Darker −30%#7E4413
Darker −40%#522C0C
More saturated +25%#FD8D2C
Less saturated −25%#C89162

Channel breakdown

R227
G143
B71
Red227 (89%)
Green143 (56.1%)
Blue71 (27.8%)
Hue27.69°
Saturation (HSL)73.58%
Lightness58.43%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E3 · G 8F · B 47

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