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Colour

#E69C4E

  • #E69C4E
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sandy brown

#E69C4E is a orange with RGB values 230, 156, 78 and HSL 31°, 75%, 60%. 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

#E69C4E#E69C4E
HEX#E69C4E
RGBrgb(230, 156, 78)
RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.6118, 0.3059
RGB percentages90.2%, 61.2%, 30.6%
HSLhsl(30.8, 75.2%, 60.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(30.8, 66.1%, 90.2%)
CMYK0%, 32.2%, 66.1%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,113,294
CSS custom property--colour: #E69C4E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4115WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness175.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.23:1
Contrast with white2.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.23:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6
Inverted#1963B1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B4A246no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#C5B34Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.3 from the original
Tritanopia#FA8B8Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.28:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.23:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 6.2Peru · ΔE 9.1Dark goldenrod · ΔE 19.3Light salmon · ΔE 20.3Goldenrod · ΔE 21.4Chocolate · ΔE 22.7
Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 6.16, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4E98E6
Analogous#E6504E, #E4E64E
Triadic#4EE69C, #9C4EE6
Split complementary#4EE4E6, #504EE6
Tetradic#4EE650, #4E98E6, #E64EE4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F9E7D4
Lighter +20%#F3CEA7
Lighter +10%#ECB57B
Darker −10%#E08321
Darker −20%#B56919
Darker −30%#884F13
Darker −40%#5B350D
More saturated +25%#FF9D35
Less saturated −25%#CD9B67

Channel breakdown

R230
G156
B78
Red230 (90.2%)
Green156 (61.2%)
Blue78 (30.6%)
Hue30.79°
Saturation (HSL)75.25%
Lightness60.39%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E6 · G 9C · B 4E

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