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Recognised as Colour

#E69252

  • #E69252
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sandy brown

#E69252 is a orange with RGB values 230, 146, 82 and HSL 26°, 75%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sandy brown.

Colour values

#E69252#E69252
HEX#E69252
RGBrgb(230, 146, 82)
RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.5725, 0.3216
RGB percentages90.2%, 57.3%, 32.2%
HSLhsl(25.9, 74.7%, 61.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(25.9, 64.3%, 90.2%)
CMYK0%, 36.5%, 64.3%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,110,738
CSS custom property--colour: #E69252;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3799WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.6:1
Contrast with white2.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9F9F9F
Inverted#196DAD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AB9A4Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#BFAD52no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.1 from the original
Tritanopia#FA8183no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.44:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 6.6Peru · ΔE 7.9Light salmon · ΔE 14.7Dark salmon · ΔE 19Chocolate · ΔE 19.4Coral · ΔE 19.5
Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 6.62, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#52A6E6
Analogous#E6525C, #E6DC52
Triadic#52E692, #9252E6
Split complementary#52E6DC, #525CE6
Tetradic#5CE652, #52A6E6, #DC52E6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F9E6D8
Lighter +20%#F3CAAB
Lighter +10%#ECAE7F
Darker −10%#E07625
Darker −20%#B75E1B
Darker −30%#8B4714
Darker −40%#5E310E
More saturated +25%#FF8F39
Less saturated −25%#CD956B

Channel breakdown

R230
G146
B82
Red230 (90.2%)
Green146 (57.3%)
Blue82 (32.2%)
Hue25.95°
Saturation (HSL)74.75%
Lightness61.18%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E6 · G 92 · B 52

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