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Recognised as Colour

#E69A5F

  • #E69A5F
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sandy brown

#E69A5F is a orange with RGB values 230, 154, 95 and HSL 26°, 73%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sandy brown.

Colour values

#E69A5F#E69A5F
HEX#E69A5F
RGBrgb(230, 154, 95)
RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.6039, 0.3725
RGB percentages90.2%, 60.4%, 37.3%
HSLhsl(26.2, 73%, 63.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(26.2, 58.7%, 90.2%)
CMYK0%, 33%, 58.7%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,112,799
CSS custom property--colour: #E69A5F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4076WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness175.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.15:1
Contrast with white2.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6
Inverted#1965A0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B1A15Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#C3B25Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.6 from the original
Tritanopia#F98A8Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.29:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 6.1Peru · ΔE 10.1Light salmon · ΔE 12.7Dark salmon · ΔE 15.5Burlywood · ΔE 20.9Coral · ΔE 23.6
Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 6.08, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5FABE6
Analogous#E65F67, #E6DE5F
Triadic#5FE69A, #9A5FE6
Split complementary#5FE6DD, #5F68E6
Tetradic#67E65F, #5FABE6, #DD5FE6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FBEEE3
Lighter +20%#F4D2B7
Lighter +10%#EDB68B
Darker −10%#DF7E33
Darker −20%#C1651E
Darker −30%#954E17
Darker −40%#693710
More saturated +25%#FD9748
Less saturated −25%#CF9D76

Channel breakdown

R230
G154
B95
Red230 (90.2%)
Green154 (60.4%)
Blue95 (37.3%)
Hue26.22°
Saturation (HSL)72.97%
Lightness63.73%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E6 · G 9A · B 5F

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