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Recognised as Colour

#E3A45E

  • #E3A45E
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sandy brown

#E3A45E is a orange with RGB values 227, 164, 94 and HSL 32°, 70%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sandy brown.

Colour values

#E3A45E#E3A45E
HEX#E3A45E
RGBrgb(227, 164, 94)
RGB (0–1)0.8902, 0.6431, 0.3686
RGB percentages89%, 64.3%, 36.9%
HSLhsl(31.6, 70.4%, 62.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(31.6, 58.6%, 89%)
CMYK0%, 27.8%, 58.6%, 11%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,918,750
CSS custom property--colour: #E3A45E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4369WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness179.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.74:1
Contrast with white2.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ACACAC
Inverted#1C5BA1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B9A858no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#C8B65Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.9 from the original
Tritanopia#F59594no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.16:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 7.6Peru · ΔE 12Burlywood · ΔE 18.1Light salmon · ΔE 19Dark salmon · ΔE 21.3Dark goldenrod · ΔE 22.7
Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 7.58, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5E9DE3
Analogous#E3615E, #E0E35E
Triadic#5EE3A4, #A45EE3
Split complementary#5EE0E3, #615EE3
Tetradic#5EE361, #5E9DE3, #E35EE0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FAEEE0
Lighter +20%#F2D5B5
Lighter +10%#EBBD89
Darker −10%#DB8B33
Darker −20%#BB7220
Darker −30%#8F5719
Darker −40%#643D11
More saturated +25%#FBA546
Less saturated −25%#CBA376

Channel breakdown

R227
G164
B94
Red227 (89%)
Green164 (64.3%)
Blue94 (36.9%)
Hue31.58°
Saturation (HSL)70.37%
Lightness62.94%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E3 · G A4 · B 5E

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