Recognised as Colour

#E5900A

#E5900A
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Orange

#E5900A is a orange with RGB values 229, 144, 10 and HSL 37°, 92%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Orange.

Colour values

#E5900A#E5900A

HEX#E5900A

RGBrgb(229, 144, 10)

RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.5647, 0.0392

RGB percentages89.8%, 56.5%, 3.9%

HSLhsl(36.7, 91.6%, 46.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(36.7, 95.6%, 89.8%)

CMYK0%, 37.1%, 95.6%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,044,618

CSS custom property--colour: #E5900A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36626WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness166.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.33:1

Contrast with white2.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#989898

Inverted#1A6FF5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#AC9700no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#C0AB11no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.7 from the original

Tritanopia#FB7B7Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.52:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Orange · ΔE 11.3 Dark orange · ΔE 13.7 Goldenrod · ΔE 16.2 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 18.2 Chocolate · ΔE 22.1 Peru · ΔE 23.7

Nearest named CSS colourOrange (#FFA500)ΔE 11.32, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#0A5FE5

Analogous#E5220A, #CDE50A

Triadic#0AE590, #900AE5

Split complementary#0ACDE5, #230AE5

Tetradic#0AE522, #0A5FE5, #E50ACC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FCE4BF

Lighter +30%#FAD08E

Lighter +20%#F8BC5D

Lighter +10%#F6A82C

Darker −10%#B47108

Darker −20%#835306

Darker −30%#523404

Darker −40%#221501

More saturated +25%#EF9200

Less saturated −25%#C78928

Channel breakdown

R229

G144

B10

Red229 (89.8%)

Green144 (56.5%)

Blue10 (3.9%)

Hue36.71°

Saturation (HSL)91.63%

Lightness46.86%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E5 · G 90 · B 0A

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