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Recognised as Colour

#E5994A

  • #E5994A
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sandy brown

#E5994A is a orange with RGB values 229, 153, 74 and HSL 31°, 75%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sandy brown.

Colour values

#E5994A#E5994A
HEX#E5994A
RGBrgb(229, 153, 74)
RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.6, 0.2902
RGB percentages89.8%, 60%, 29%
HSLhsl(30.6, 74.9%, 59.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(30.6, 67.7%, 89.8%)
CMYK0%, 33.2%, 67.7%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,046,986
CSS custom property--colour: #E5994A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39935WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness173.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.99:1
Contrast with white2.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3
Inverted#1A66B5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B19F42no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#C3B14Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.4 from the original
Tritanopia#F98888no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.34:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 7Peru · ΔE 8.6Dark goldenrod · ΔE 18.8Light salmon · ΔE 20.8Goldenrod · ΔE 21.2Chocolate · ΔE 21.3
Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)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#4A96E5
Analogous#E54B4A, #E4E54A
Triadic#4AE599, #994AE5
Split complementary#4AE4E5, #4B4AE5
Tetradic#4AE54B, #4A96E5, #E54AE4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFEFC
Lighter +30%#F8E4D0
Lighter +20%#F2CBA3
Lighter +10%#EBB277
Darker −10%#DC8020
Darker −20%#B06619
Darker −30%#834C13
Darker −40%#57320C
More saturated +25%#FF9A30
Less saturated −25%#CB9864

Channel breakdown

R229
G153
B74
Red229 (89.8%)
Green153 (60%)
Blue74 (29%)
Hue30.58°
Saturation (HSL)74.88%
Lightness59.41%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E5 · G 99 · B 4A

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