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Colour

#E5994E

  • #E5994E
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sandy brown

#E5994E is a orange with RGB values 229, 153, 78 and HSL 30°, 74%, 60%. 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

#E5994E#E5994E
HEX#E5994E
RGBrgb(229, 153, 78)
RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.6, 0.3059
RGB percentages89.8%, 60%, 30.6%
HSLhsl(29.8, 74.4%, 60.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(29.8, 65.9%, 89.8%)
CMYK0%, 33.2%, 65.9%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,046,990
CSS custom property--colour: #E5994E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39991WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness173.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9:1
Contrast with white2.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A4A4A4
Inverted#1A66B1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B19F46no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#C3B14Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.3 from the original
Tritanopia#F98888no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.33:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 5.7Peru · ΔE 8Light salmon · ΔE 19.1Dark goldenrod · ΔE 20.1Chocolate · ΔE 21.6Goldenrod · ΔE 22.9
Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 5.72, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4E9AE5
Analogous#E54E4F, #E5E54E
Triadic#4EE599, #994EE5
Split complementary#4EE5E4, #4E4FE5
Tetradic#4FE54E, #4E9AE5, #E44EE5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F9E6D3
Lighter +20%#F2CCA7
Lighter +10%#ECB37A
Darker −10%#DE7F22
Darker −20%#B3661A
Darker −30%#864D14
Darker −40%#5A330D
More saturated +25%#FE9935
Less saturated −25%#CC9967

Channel breakdown

R229
G153
B78
Red229 (89.8%)
Green153 (60%)
Blue78 (30.6%)
Hue29.8°
Saturation (HSL)74.38%
Lightness60.2%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E5 · G 99 · B 4E

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