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Recognised as Colour

#E69A3E

  • #E69A3E
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sandy brown

#E69A3E is a orange with RGB values 230, 154, 62 and HSL 33°, 77%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sandy brown.

Colour values

#E69A3E#E69A3E
HEX#E69A3E
RGBrgb(230, 154, 62)
RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.6039, 0.2431
RGB percentages90.2%, 60.4%, 24.3%
HSLhsl(32.9, 77.1%, 57.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(32.9, 73%, 90.2%)
CMYK0%, 33%, 73%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,112,766
CSS custom property--colour: #E69A3E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40282WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness173.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.06:1
Contrast with white2.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A4A4A4
Inverted#1965C1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B3A032no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#C5B140no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.4 from the original
Tritanopia#FA8887no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.32:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 11.9Peru · ΔE 12.5Dark goldenrod · ΔE 15.8Goldenrod · ΔE 16.5Chocolate · ΔE 21.4Orange · ΔE 22.2
Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 11.88, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3E8AE6
Analogous#E6463E, #DEE63E
Triadic#3EE69A, #9A3EE6
Split complementary#3EDEE6, #463EE6
Tetradic#3EE646, #3E8AE6, #E63EDE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FDF9F3
Lighter +30%#F8E1C5
Lighter +20%#F2C998
Lighter +10%#ECB26B
Darker −10%#D5811C
Darker −20%#A86616
Darker −30%#7B4B10
Darker −40%#4E2F0A
More saturated +25%#FF9C25
Less saturated −25%#CB9759

Channel breakdown

R230
G154
B62
Red230 (90.2%)
Green154 (60.4%)
Blue62 (24.3%)
Hue32.86°
Saturation (HSL)77.06%
Lightness57.25%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E6 · G 9A · B 3E

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