Recognised as Colour

#E5CBA2

#E5CBA2
Orange
Light
Nearest: Wheat

#E5CBA2 is a orange with RGB values 229, 203, 162 and HSL 37°, 56%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Wheat.

Colour values

#E5CBA2#E5CBA2

HEX#E5CBA2

RGBrgb(229, 203, 162)

RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.7961, 0.6353

RGB percentages89.8%, 79.6%, 63.5%

HSLhsl(36.7, 56.3%, 76.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(36.7, 29.3%, 89.8%)

CMYK0%, 11.4%, 29.3%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,059,874

CSS custom property--colour: #E5CBA2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61979WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness207 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.4:1

Contrast with white1.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CECECE

Inverted#1A345D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D6CB9Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#DDD1A3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original

Tritanopia#F0C3C0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.57:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Wheat · ΔE 6.6 Tan · ΔE 8.2 Navajo white · ΔE 8.6 Peach puff · ΔE 8.6 Moccasin · ΔE 9.2 Burlywood · ΔE 9.4

Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 6.64, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A2BCE5

Analogous#E5A9A2, #DEE5A2

Triadic#A2E5CB, #CBA2E5

Split complementary#A2DEE5, #A9A2E5

Tetradic#A2E5A9, #A2BCE5, #E5A2DE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FBF8F2

Lighter +10%#F0E1CA

Darker −10%#DAB57A

Darker −20%#CF9E52

Darker −30%#BA8634

Darker −40%#926929

More saturated +25%#F4CE93

Less saturated −25%#D6C8B1

Channel breakdown

R229

G203

B162

Red229 (89.8%)

Green203 (79.6%)

Blue162 (63.5%)

Hue36.72°

Saturation (HSL)56.3%

Lightness76.67%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E5 · G CB · B A2

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