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Recognised as Colour

#E4966A

  • #E4966A
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark salmon

#E4966A is a orange with RGB values 228, 150, 106 and HSL 22°, 69%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark salmon.

Colour values

#E4966A#E4966A
HEX#E4966A
RGBrgb(228, 150, 106)
RGB (0–1)0.8941, 0.5882, 0.4157
RGB percentages89.4%, 58.8%, 41.6%
HSLhsl(21.6, 69.3%, 65.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(21.6, 53.5%, 89.4%)
CMYK0%, 34.2%, 53.5%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,980,714
CSS custom property--colour: #E4966A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39347WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness173.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.87:1
Contrast with white2.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3
Inverted#1B6995

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AB9E66no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#BEAF6Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.2 from the original
Tritanopia#F6888Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.37:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark salmon · ΔE 8.2Light salmon · ΔE 8.8Sandy brown · ΔE 12.8Peru · ΔE 15.1Burlywood · ΔE 20.1Salmon · ΔE 21.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark salmon (#E9967A)ΔE 8.21, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6AB8E4
Analogous#E46A7B, #E4D36A
Triadic#6AE496, #966AE4
Split complementary#6AE4D3, #6A7BE4
Tetradic#7BE46A, #6AB8E4, #D36AE4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FBF1EC
Lighter +20%#F4D3C0
Lighter +10%#ECB495
Darker −10%#DC783F
Darker −20%#C45E24
Darker −30%#99491C
Darker −40%#6E3414
More saturated +25%#FA9054
Less saturated −25%#CE9C80

Channel breakdown

R228
G150
B106
Red228 (89.4%)
Green150 (58.8%)
Blue106 (41.6%)
Hue21.64°
Saturation (HSL)69.32%
Lightness65.49%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E4 · G 96 · B 6A

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