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Recognised as Colour

#E6A550

  • #E6A550
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sandy brown

#E6A550 is a orange with RGB values 230, 165, 80 and HSL 34°, 75%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sandy brown.

Colour values

#E6A550#E6A550
HEX#E6A550
RGBrgb(230, 165, 80)
RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.6471, 0.3137
RGB percentages90.2%, 64.7%, 31.4%
HSLhsl(34, 75%, 60.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(34, 65.2%, 90.2%)
CMYK0%, 28.3%, 65.2%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,115,600
CSS custom property--colour: #E6A550;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44312WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness180.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.86:1
Contrast with white2.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ADADAD
Inverted#195AAF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BCA947no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#CBB852no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.5 from the original
Tritanopia#F99592no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.13:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 9.4Peru · ΔE 12.9Dark goldenrod · ΔE 17.8Goldenrod · ΔE 17.9Light salmon · ΔE 23.9Burlywood · ΔE 24.4
Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 9.37, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5091E6
Analogous#E65A50, #DCE650
Triadic#50E6A5, #A550E6
Split complementary#50DCE6, #5A50E6
Tetradic#50E65A, #5091E6, #E650DC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F9EAD6
Lighter +20%#F3D3A9
Lighter +10%#ECBC7D
Darker −10%#E08E23
Darker −20%#B6721A
Darker −30%#895614
Darker −40%#5D3A0D
More saturated +25%#FFA837
Less saturated −25%#CDA269

Channel breakdown

R230
G165
B80
Red230 (90.2%)
Green165 (64.7%)
Blue80 (31.4%)
Hue34°
Saturation (HSL)75%
Lightness60.78%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E6 · G A5 · B 50

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