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Recognised as Colour

#E5AE51

  • #E5AE51
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sandy brown

#E5AE51 is a orange with RGB values 229, 174, 81 and HSL 38°, 74%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sandy brown.

Colour values

#E5AE51#E5AE51
HEX#E5AE51
RGBrgb(229, 174, 81)
RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.6824, 0.3176
RGB percentages89.8%, 68.2%, 31.8%
HSLhsl(37.7, 74%, 60.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(37.7, 64.6%, 89.8%)
CMYK0%, 24%, 64.6%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,052,369
CSS custom property--colour: #E5AE51;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47524WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness184.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.5:1
Contrast with white2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B3B3B3
Inverted#1A51AE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C3AF47no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16 from the original
Deuteranopia#D0BD54no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.6 from the original
Tritanopia#F89F9Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 14.5Goldenrod · ΔE 15.1Dark goldenrod · ΔE 17.5Peru · ΔE 17.9Dark khaki · ΔE 24.5Burlywood · ΔE 24.6
Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 14.54, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5188E5
Analogous#E56451, #D2E551
Triadic#51E5AE, #AE51E5
Split complementary#51D2E5, #6451E5
Tetradic#51E564, #5188E5, #E551D2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F9ECD6
Lighter +20%#F2D7AA
Lighter +10%#ECC37D
Darker −10%#DE9925
Darker −20%#B57C1B
Darker −30%#895D14
Darker −40%#5C3F0E
More saturated +25%#FEB438
Less saturated −25%#CCA86A

Channel breakdown

R229
G174
B81
Red229 (89.8%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue81 (31.8%)
Hue37.7°
Saturation (HSL)74%
Lightness60.78%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E5 · G AE · B 51

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