Colour

#E6A337

#E6A337
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Goldenrod

#E6A337 is a orange with RGB values 230, 163, 55 and HSL 37°, 78%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

#E6A337#E6A337

HEX#E6A337

RGBrgb(230, 163, 55)

RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.6392, 0.2157

RGB percentages90.2%, 63.9%, 21.6%

HSLhsl(37, 77.8%, 55.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(37, 76.1%, 90.2%)

CMYK0%, 29.1%, 76.1%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,115,063

CSS custom property--colour: #E6A337;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43293WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness178.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.66:1

Contrast with white2.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.66:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9

Inverted#195CC8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BBA626no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#CBB63Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.6 from the original

Tritanopia#FA918Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.17:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 9.4 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 13.7 Sandy brown · ΔE 17.6 Peru · ΔE 18.7 Orange · ΔE 18.7 Dark orange · ΔE 25.1

Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 9.41, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#377AE6

Analogous#E64B37, #D2E637

Triadic#37E6A3, #A337E6

Split complementary#37D1E6, #4C37E6

Tetradic#37E64B, #377AE6, #E637D1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FDF6EC

Lighter +30%#F7E2BF

Lighter +20%#F1CD92

Lighter +10%#ECB864

Darker −10%#D08A1A

Darker −20%#A36C14

Darker −30%#754E0F

Darker −40%#483009

More saturated +25%#FFA91E

Less saturated −25%#CA9C53

Channel breakdown

R230

G163

B55

Red230 (90.2%)

Green163 (63.9%)

Blue55 (21.6%)

Hue37.03°

Saturation (HSL)77.78%

Lightness55.88%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E6 · G A3 · B 37

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