Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#E6A655

  • #E6A655
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sandy brown

#E6A655 is a orange with RGB values 230, 166, 85 and HSL 34°, 74%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sandy brown.

Colour values

#E6A655#E6A655
HEX#E6A655
RGBrgb(230, 166, 85)
RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.651, 0.3333
RGB percentages90.2%, 65.1%, 33.3%
HSLhsl(33.5, 74.4%, 61.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(33.5, 63%, 90.2%)
CMYK0%, 27.8%, 63%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,115,861
CSS custom property--colour: #E6A655;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44751WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness181.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.95:1
Contrast with white2.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AEAEAE
Inverted#1959AA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BCAA4Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#CBB957no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.4 from the original
Tritanopia#F99694no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.11:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 8.4Peru · ΔE 12.7Dark goldenrod · ΔE 19.2Goldenrod · ΔE 19.8Burlywood · ΔE 22.4Light salmon · ΔE 22.6
Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 8.45, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5595E6
Analogous#E65E55, #DEE655
Triadic#55E6A6, #A655E6
Split complementary#55DEE6, #5E55E6
Tetradic#55E65E, #5595E6, #E655DE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FAECDA
Lighter +20%#F3D5AE
Lighter +10%#EDBD81
Darker −10%#DF8F29
Darker −20%#BA741B
Darker −30%#8D5815
Darker −40%#613C0E
More saturated +25%#FEA93D
Less saturated −25%#CEA36D

Channel breakdown

R230
G166
B85
Red230 (90.2%)
Green166 (65.1%)
Blue85 (33.3%)
Hue33.52°
Saturation (HSL)74.36%
Lightness61.76%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E6 · G A6 · B 55

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “e6a655” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.