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Recognised as Colour

#E39F53

  • #E39F53
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sandy brown

#E39F53 is a orange with RGB values 227, 159, 83 and HSL 32°, 72%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sandy brown.

Colour values

#E39F53#E39F53
HEX#E39F53
RGBrgb(227, 159, 83)
RGB (0–1)0.8902, 0.6235, 0.3255
RGB percentages89%, 62.4%, 32.5%
HSLhsl(31.7, 72%, 60.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(31.7, 63.4%, 89%)
CMYK0%, 30%, 63.4%, 11%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,917,459
CSS custom property--colour: #E39F53;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41752WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness176.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.35:1
Contrast with white2.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8
Inverted#1C60AC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B5A44Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#C5B354no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.4 from the original
Tritanopia#F68F8Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.25:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 6.5Peru · ΔE 9.7Dark goldenrod · ΔE 19.6Light salmon · ΔE 20.2Goldenrod · ΔE 21.9Burlywood · ΔE 22.7
Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 6.5, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5397E3
Analogous#E35753, #DFE353
Triadic#53E39F, #9F53E3
Split complementary#53DFE3, #5753E3
Tetradic#53E357, #5397E3, #E353DF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F8E8D7
Lighter +20%#F1D0AB
Lighter +10%#EAB77F
Darker −10%#DC8727
Darker −20%#B36C1D
Darker −30%#875216
Darker −40%#5B370F
More saturated +25%#FCA03A
Less saturated −25%#CA9E6C

Channel breakdown

R227
G159
B83
Red227 (89%)
Green159 (62.4%)
Blue83 (32.5%)
Hue31.67°
Saturation (HSL)72%
Lightness60.78%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E3 · G 9F · B 53

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