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Colour

#E6994B

  • #E6994B
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sandy brown

#E6994B is a orange with RGB values 230, 153, 75 and HSL 30°, 76%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sandy brown.

Colour values

#E6994B#E6994B
HEX#E6994B
RGBrgb(230, 153, 75)
RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.6, 0.2941
RGB percentages90.2%, 60%, 29.4%
HSLhsl(30.2, 75.6%, 59.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(30.2, 67.4%, 90.2%)
CMYK0%, 33.5%, 67.4%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,112,523
CSS custom property--colour: #E6994B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40113WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness173.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.02:1
Contrast with white2.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A4A4A4
Inverted#1966B4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B19F43no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#C3B14Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.7 from the original
Tritanopia#FA8888no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.33:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 6.6Peru · ΔE 8.6Dark goldenrod · ΔE 19.3Light salmon · ΔE 20.3Chocolate · ΔE 21.1Goldenrod · ΔE 21.7
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#4B98E6
Analogous#E64B4B, #E6E64B
Triadic#4BE699, #994BE6
Split complementary#4BE5E6, #4C4BE6
Tetradic#4BE64B, #4B98E6, #E64BE5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFE
Lighter +30%#F9E5D1
Lighter +20%#F2CCA5
Lighter +10%#ECB278
Darker −10%#DF801F
Darker −20%#B26619
Darker −30%#854C13
Darker −40%#59330C
More saturated +25%#FF9932
Less saturated −25%#CC9965

Channel breakdown

R230
G153
B75
Red230 (90.2%)
Green153 (60%)
Blue75 (29.4%)
Hue30.19°
Saturation (HSL)75.61%
Lightness59.8%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E6 · G 99 · B 4B

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