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Recognised as Colour

#E6B478

  • #E6B478
  • Orange
  • Light
  • Nearest: Burlywood

#E6B478 is a orange with RGB values 230, 180, 120 and HSL 33°, 69%, 69%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Burlywood.

Colour values

#E6B478#E6B478
HEX#E6B478
RGBrgb(230, 180, 120)
RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.7059, 0.4706
RGB percentages90.2%, 70.6%, 47.1%
HSLhsl(32.7, 68.8%, 68.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(32.7, 47.8%, 90.2%)
CMYK0%, 21.7%, 47.8%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,119,480
CSS custom property--colour: #E6B478;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50822WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness191 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.16:1
Contrast with white1.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BABABA
Inverted#194B87

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C6B673no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#D1C279no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.9 from the original
Tritanopia#F6A8A5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.88:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Burlywood · ΔE 8.3Tan · ΔE 14.3Sandy brown · ΔE 15.6Navajo white · ΔE 17.5Dark khaki · ΔE 20Moccasin · ΔE 20.6
Nearest named CSS colourBurlywood (#DEB887)ΔE 8.34, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#78AAE6
Analogous#E67D78, #E1E678
Triadic#78E6B4, #B478E6
Split complementary#78E1E6, #7D78E6
Tetradic#78E67D, #78AAE6, #E678E1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEFCF9
Lighter +20%#F6E4CE
Lighter +10%#EECCA3
Darker −10%#DE9C4D
Darker −20%#D18427
Darker −30%#A6691F
Darker −40%#7B4E17
More saturated +25%#FAB664
Less saturated −25%#D2B28C

Channel breakdown

R230
G180
B120
Red230 (90.2%)
Green180 (70.6%)
Blue120 (47.1%)
Hue32.73°
Saturation (HSL)68.75%
Lightness68.63%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E6 · G B4 · B 78

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