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Colour

#E69E00

  • #E69E00
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Orange

#E69E00 is a orange with RGB values 230, 158, 0 and HSL 41°, 100%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Orange.

Colour values

#E69E00#E69E00
HEX#E69E00
RGBrgb(230, 158, 0)
RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.6196, 0
RGB percentages90.2%, 62%, 0%
HSLhsl(41.2, 100%, 45.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(41.2, 100%, 90.2%)
CMYK0%, 31.3%, 100%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,113,728
CSS custom property--colour: #E69E00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41277WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness174.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.26:1
Contrast with white2.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A2A2A2
Inverted#1961FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B8A200no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#C9B310no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.8 from the original
Tritanopia#FB8B86no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 58.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.27:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Orange · ΔE 9.4Goldenrod · ΔE 10.3Dark goldenrod · ΔE 17.7Dark orange · ΔE 19.9Gold · ΔE 28.1Peru · ΔE 28.3
Nearest named CSS colourOrange (#FFA500)ΔE 9.4, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#0048E6
Analogous#E62B00, #BBE600
Triadic#00E69E, #9E00E6
Split complementary#00BBE6, #2B00E6
Tetradic#00E62B, #0048E6, #E600BB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFE7B3
Lighter +30%#FFD780
Lighter +20%#FFC74D
Lighter +10%#FFB71A
Darker −10%#B37B00
Darker −20%#805800
Darker −30%#4D3500
Darker −40%#1A1200
More saturated +25%#E69E00
Less saturated −25%#C9931D

Channel breakdown

R230
G158
B0
Red230 (90.2%)
Green158 (62%)
Blue0 (0%)
Hue41.22°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness45.1%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E6 · G 9E · B 00

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