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Recognised as Colour

#E4B564

  • #E4B564
  • Orange
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sandy brown

#E4B564 is a orange with RGB values 228, 181, 100 and HSL 38°, 70%, 64%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sandy brown.

Colour values

#E4B564#E4B564
HEX#E4B564
RGBrgb(228, 181, 100)
RGB (0–1)0.8941, 0.7098, 0.3922
RGB percentages89.4%, 71%, 39.2%
HSLhsl(38, 70.3%, 64.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(38, 56.1%, 89.4%)
CMYK0%, 20.6%, 56.1%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,988,644
CSS custom property--colour: #E4B564;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50462WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness189.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.09:1
Contrast with white1.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9
Inverted#1B4A9B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C8B55Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#D3C166no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.3 from the original
Tritanopia#F5A7A2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.89:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 15.5Burlywood · ΔE 17.2Dark khaki · ΔE 18.6Peru · ΔE 20Khaki · ΔE 21.9Goldenrod · ΔE 22.2
Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 15.47, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6493E4
Analogous#E47564, #D3E464
Triadic#64E4B5, #B564E4
Split complementary#64D3E4, #7564E4
Tetradic#64E475, #6493E4, #E464D3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FBF3E6
Lighter +20%#F3DEBB
Lighter +10%#ECCA8F
Darker −10%#DCA039
Darker −20%#C08622
Darker −30%#95681A
Darker −40%#6A4A12
More saturated +25%#FBBB4D
Less saturated −25%#CDAF7B

Channel breakdown

R228
G181
B100
Red228 (89.4%)
Green181 (71%)
Blue100 (39.2%)
Hue37.97°
Saturation (HSL)70.33%
Lightness64.31%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E4 · G B5 · B 64

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