Recognised as Colour

#E6B59F

#E6B59F
Orange
Light
Nearest: Tan

#E6B59F is a orange with RGB values 230, 181, 159 and HSL 19°, 59%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

#E6B59F#E6B59F

HEX#E6B59F

RGBrgb(230, 181, 159)

RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.7098, 0.6235

RGB percentages90.2%, 71%, 62.4%

HSLhsl(18.6, 58.7%, 76.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(18.6, 30.9%, 90.2%)

CMYK0%, 21.3%, 30.9%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,119,775

CSS custom property--colour: #E6B59F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52374WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness194.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.47:1

Contrast with white1.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.47:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BEBEBE

Inverted#194A60

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C1BA9Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#CDC39Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17 from the original

Tritanopia#F3ADAFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.83:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 11.9 Peach puff · ΔE 13.9 Burlywood · ΔE 14.2 Bisque · ΔE 17.8 Rosy brown · ΔE 18.1 Dark salmon · ΔE 18.3

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 11.86, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9FD0E6

Analogous#E69FAC, #E6D99F

Triadic#9FE6B5, #B59FE6

Split complementary#9FE6D9, #9FACE6

Tetradic#ADE69F, #9FD0E6, #D99FE6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FBF3F0

Lighter +10%#F1D4C7

Darker −10%#DB9677

Darker −20%#D1774E

Darker −30%#BB5C31

Darker −40%#934826

More saturated +25%#F5AF90

Less saturated −25%#D7BBAE

Channel breakdown

R230

G181

B159

Red230 (90.2%)

Green181 (71%)

Blue159 (62.4%)

Hue18.59°

Saturation (HSL)58.68%

Lightness76.27%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E6 · G B5 · B 9F

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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