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Recognised as Colour

#E5936A

  • #E5936A
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark salmon

#E5936A is a orange with RGB values 229, 147, 106 and HSL 20°, 70%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark salmon.

Colour values

#E5936A#E5936A
HEX#E5936A
RGBrgb(229, 147, 106)
RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.5765, 0.4157
RGB percentages89.8%, 57.6%, 41.6%
HSLhsl(20, 70.3%, 65.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(20, 53.7%, 89.8%)
CMYK0%, 35.8%, 53.7%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,045,482
CSS custom property--colour: #E5936A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38566WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness172.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.71:1
Contrast with white2.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A1A1A1
Inverted#1A6C95

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A99C67no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#BDAE6Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.1 from the original
Tritanopia#F88489no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.41:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark salmon · ΔE 7Light salmon · ΔE 7.9Sandy brown · ΔE 14Peru · ΔE 16Salmon · ΔE 19.3Burlywood · ΔE 21.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark salmon (#E9967A)ΔE 7.02, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6ABCE5
Analogous#E56A7F, #E5D16A
Triadic#6AE593, #936AE5
Split complementary#6AE5D1, #6A7FE5
Tetradic#7FE56A, #6ABCE5, #D06AE5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FCF1EC
Lighter +20%#F4D2C1
Lighter +10%#EDB295
Darker −10%#DD743F
Darker −20%#C65923
Darker −30%#9B461B
Darker −40%#703213
More saturated +25%#FB8C54
Less saturated −25%#CF9A80

Channel breakdown

R229
G147
B106
Red229 (89.8%)
Green147 (57.6%)
Blue106 (41.6%)
Hue20°
Saturation (HSL)70.29%
Lightness65.69%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E5 · G 93 · B 6A

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