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Recognised as Colour

#E59973

  • #E59973
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark salmon

#E59973 is a orange with RGB values 229, 153, 115 and HSL 20°, 69%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark salmon.

Colour values

#E59973#E59973
HEX#E59973
RGBrgb(229, 153, 115)
RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.6, 0.451
RGB percentages89.8%, 60%, 45.1%
HSLhsl(20, 68.7%, 67.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(20, 49.8%, 89.8%)
CMYK0%, 33.2%, 49.8%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,047,027
CSS custom property--colour: #E59973;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40678WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness175.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.14:1
Contrast with white2.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6
Inverted#1A668C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ADA170no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#BFB173no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.5 from the original
Tritanopia#F78C8Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.3:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark salmon · ΔE 5.4Light salmon · ΔE 9.1Sandy brown · ΔE 15.8Peru · ΔE 18.5Burlywood · ΔE 18.7Tan · ΔE 21.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark salmon (#E9967A)ΔE 5.42, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#73BFE5
Analogous#E57386, #E5D273
Triadic#73E599, #9973E5
Split complementary#73E5D2, #7386E5
Tetradic#86E573, #73BFE5, #D273E5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FDF7F4
Lighter +20%#F5D8C9
Lighter +10%#EDB89E
Darker −10%#DD7A48
Darker −20%#CC5D26
Darker −30%#A14A1E
Darker −40%#763616
More saturated +25%#FA925E
Less saturated −25%#D0A088

Channel breakdown

R229
G153
B115
Red229 (89.8%)
Green153 (60%)
Blue115 (45.1%)
Hue20°
Saturation (HSL)68.67%
Lightness67.45%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E5 · G 99 · B 73

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