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Recognised as Colour

#E59448

  • #E59448
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sandy brown

#E59448 is a orange with RGB values 229, 148, 72 and HSL 29°, 75%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sandy brown.

Colour values

#E59448#E59448
HEX#E59448
RGBrgb(229, 148, 72)
RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.5804, 0.2824
RGB percentages89.8%, 58%, 28.2%
HSLhsl(29, 75.1%, 59%)
HSV / HSBhsv(29, 68.6%, 89.8%)
CMYK0%, 35.4%, 68.6%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,045,704
CSS custom property--colour: #E59448;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38306WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.66:1
Contrast with white2.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.66:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A0A0A0
Inverted#1A6BB7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AD9B40no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#C0AE49no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.7 from the original
Tritanopia#F98283no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.42:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 7.5Peru · ΔE 7.8Chocolate · ΔE 18.7Light salmon · ΔE 19.7Dark goldenrod · ΔE 20.1Coral · ΔE 21.9
Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 7.47, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4899E5
Analogous#E5484B, #E5E348
Triadic#48E594, #9448E5
Split complementary#48E5E3, #484BE5
Tetradic#4BE548, #4899E5, #E348E5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FEFCFB
Lighter +30%#F8E2CE
Lighter +20%#F2C8A1
Lighter +10%#EBAE75
Darker −10%#DB7A1F
Darker −20%#AE6119
Darker −30%#824812
Darker −40%#552F0C
More saturated +25%#FF932E
Less saturated −25%#CB9562

Channel breakdown

R229
G148
B72
Red229 (89.8%)
Green148 (58%)
Blue72 (28.2%)
Hue29.04°
Saturation (HSL)75.12%
Lightness59.02%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E5 · G 94 · B 48

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