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Recognised as Colour

#E6A553

  • #E6A553
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sandy brown

#E6A553 is a orange with RGB values 230, 165, 83 and HSL 33°, 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

#E6A553#E6A553
HEX#E6A553
RGBrgb(230, 165, 83)
RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.6471, 0.3255
RGB percentages90.2%, 64.7%, 32.5%
HSLhsl(33.5, 74.6%, 61.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(33.5, 63.9%, 90.2%)
CMYK0%, 28.3%, 63.9%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,115,603
CSS custom property--colour: #E6A553;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44358WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness180.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.87:1
Contrast with white2.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ADADAD
Inverted#195AAC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BBA94Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#CBB855no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.4 from the original
Tritanopia#F99593no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40 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 text9.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 8.4Peru · ΔE 12.4Dark goldenrod · ΔE 18.7Goldenrod · ΔE 19.3Light salmon · ΔE 22.8Burlywood · ΔE 23.2
Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 8.44, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5394E6
Analogous#E65C53, #DEE653
Triadic#53E6A5, #A553E6
Split complementary#53DEE6, #5C53E6
Tetradic#53E65C, #5394E6, #E653DE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F9EBD9
Lighter +20%#F3D4AC
Lighter +10%#ECBC80
Darker −10%#E08E26
Darker −20%#B8731B
Darker −30%#8C5714
Darker −40%#5F3B0E
More saturated +25%#FFA83A
Less saturated −25%#CDA26C

Channel breakdown

R230
G165
B83
Red230 (90.2%)
Green165 (64.7%)
Blue83 (32.5%)
Hue33.47°
Saturation (HSL)74.62%
Lightness61.37%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E6 · G A5 · B 53

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