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Recognised as Colour

#E49D74

  • #E49D74
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark salmon

#E49D74 is a orange with RGB values 228, 157, 116 and HSL 22°, 67%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark salmon.

Colour values

#E49D74#E49D74
HEX#E49D74
RGBrgb(228, 157, 116)
RGB (0–1)0.8941, 0.6157, 0.4549
RGB percentages89.4%, 61.6%, 45.5%
HSLhsl(22, 67.5%, 67.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(22, 49.1%, 89.4%)
CMYK0%, 31.1%, 49.1%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,982,516
CSS custom property--colour: #E49D74;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41869WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness177.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.37:1
Contrast with white2.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9
Inverted#1B628B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B1A471no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#C1B374no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.1 from the original
Tritanopia#F59093no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.24:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark salmon · ΔE 7.7Light salmon · ΔE 10.6Sandy brown · ΔE 15.1Burlywood · ΔE 16.2Peru · ΔE 18.3Tan · ΔE 19
Nearest named CSS colourDark salmon (#E9967A)ΔE 7.69, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#74BBE4
Analogous#E47483, #E4D574
Triadic#74E49D, #9D74E4
Split complementary#74E4D5, #7483E4
Tetradic#83E474, #74BBE4, #D574E4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FDF7F4
Lighter +20%#F5D9C9
Lighter +10%#ECBB9F
Darker −10%#DC7F49
Darker −20%#CB6327
Darker −30%#A04E1F
Darker −40%#753917
More saturated +25%#F9975F
Less saturated −25%#CFA389

Channel breakdown

R228
G157
B116
Red228 (89.4%)
Green157 (61.6%)
Blue116 (45.5%)
Hue21.96°
Saturation (HSL)67.47%
Lightness67.45%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E4 · G 9D · B 74

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