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Recognised as Colour

#E69561

  • #E69561
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sandy brown

#E69561 is a orange with RGB values 230, 149, 97 and HSL 23°, 73%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sandy brown.

Colour values

#E69561#E69561
HEX#E69561
RGBrgb(230, 149, 97)
RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.5843, 0.3804
RGB percentages90.2%, 58.4%, 38%
HSLhsl(23.5, 72.7%, 64.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(23.5, 57.8%, 90.2%)
CMYK0%, 35.2%, 57.8%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,111,521
CSS custom property--colour: #E69561;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39181WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness173 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.84:1
Contrast with white2.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A2A2A2
Inverted#196A9E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AC9D5Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#BFAF61no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.3 from the original
Tritanopia#F98588no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.38:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 9Light salmon · ΔE 9.9Peru · ΔE 11.5Dark salmon · ΔE 12.4Coral · ΔE 21.5Burlywood · ΔE 22.3
Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 8.96, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#61B2E6
Analogous#E6616F, #E6D861
Triadic#61E695, #9561E6
Split complementary#61E6D8, #616FE6
Tetradic#6FE661, #61B2E6, #D861E6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FBEEE5
Lighter +20%#F4D0B9
Lighter +10%#EDB38D
Darker −10%#DF7735
Darker −20%#C25F1F
Darker −30%#964918
Darker −40%#6A3411
More saturated +25%#FD904A
Less saturated −25%#CF9A78

Channel breakdown

R230
G149
B97
Red230 (90.2%)
Green149 (58.4%)
Blue97 (38%)
Hue23.46°
Saturation (HSL)72.68%
Lightness64.12%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E6 · G 95 · B 61

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