Recognised as Colour

#E5C46A

#E5C46A
Orange
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E5C46A is a orange with RGB values 229, 196, 106 and HSL 44°, 70%, 66%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E5C46A#E5C46A

HEX#E5C46A

RGBrgb(229, 196, 106)

RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.7686, 0.4157

RGB percentages89.8%, 76.9%, 41.6%

HSLhsl(43.9, 70.3%, 65.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(43.9, 53.7%, 89.8%)

CMYK0%, 14.4%, 53.7%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,058,026

CSS custom property--colour: #E5C46A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57178WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness198.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.44:1

Contrast with white1.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.44:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C5C5C5

Inverted#1A3B95

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D6C262no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#DECB6Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.3 from the original

Tritanopia#F5B7AFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.69:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 14.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 15.3 Burlywood · ΔE 20.3 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 22.6 Goldenrod · ΔE 23.2 Sandy brown · ΔE 23.2

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 14.6, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6A8BE5

Analogous#E5866A, #C9E56A

Triadic#6AE5C4, #C46AE5

Split complementary#6AC9E5, #866AE5

Tetradic#6AE586, #6A8BE5, #E56AC9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FCF8EC

Lighter +20%#F4E6C1

Lighter +10%#EDD595

Darker −10%#DDB33F

Darker −20%#C69A23

Darker −30%#9B791B

Darker −40%#705713

More saturated +25%#FBCE54

Less saturated −25%#CFBA80

Channel breakdown

R229

G196

B106

Red229 (89.8%)

Green196 (76.9%)

Blue106 (41.6%)

Hue43.9°

Saturation (HSL)70.29%

Lightness65.69%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E5 · G C4 · B 6A

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