Recognised as Colour

#E5B95F

#E5B95F
Orange
Light
Nearest: Sandy brown

#E5B95F is a orange with RGB values 229, 185, 95 and HSL 40°, 72%, 64%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sandy brown.

Colour values

#E5B95F#E5B95F

HEX#E5B95F

RGBrgb(229, 185, 95)

RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.7255, 0.3725

RGB percentages89.8%, 72.5%, 37.3%

HSLhsl(40.3, 72%, 63.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(40.3, 58.5%, 89.8%)

CMYK0%, 19.2%, 58.5%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,055,199

CSS custom property--colour: #E5B95F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52182WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness191.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.44:1

Contrast with white1.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.44:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BCBCBC

Inverted#1A46A0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#CCB956no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#D7C462no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.4 from the original

Tritanopia#F7ABA5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.84:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 18.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 19 Goldenrod · ΔE 19.2 Khaki · ΔE 20.5 Burlywood · ΔE 20.9 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 22.1

Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 18.16, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#5F8BE5

Analogous#E5765F, #CEE55F

Triadic#5FE5B9, #B95FE5

Split complementary#5FCEE5, #765FE5

Tetradic#5FE576, #5F8BE5, #E55FCE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FAF3E3

Lighter +20%#F3DFB7

Lighter +10%#ECCC8B

Darker −10%#DEA633

Darker −20%#BF8A1F

Darker −30%#936B18

Darker −40%#674B11

More saturated +25%#FCC148

Less saturated −25%#CEB176

Channel breakdown

R229

G185

B95

Red229 (89.8%)

Green185 (72.5%)

Blue95 (37.3%)

Hue40.3°

Saturation (HSL)72.04%

Lightness63.53%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E5 · G B9 · B 5F

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