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Recognised as Colour

#E6C992

  • #E6C992
  • Orange
  • Light
  • Nearest: Burlywood

#E6C992 is a orange with RGB values 230, 201, 146 and HSL 39°, 63%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Burlywood.

Colour values

#E6C992#E6C992
HEX#E6C992
RGBrgb(230, 201, 146)
RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.7882, 0.5725
RGB percentages90.2%, 78.8%, 57.3%
HSLhsl(39.3, 62.7%, 73.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(39.3, 36.5%, 90.2%)
CMYK0%, 12.6%, 36.5%, 9.8%naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,124,882
CSS custom property--colour: #E6C992;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60672WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness204.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.13:1
Contrast with white1.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CBCBCB
Inverted#19366D

Colour vision & accessibility

Protanopia#D7C88Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#DED094no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.6 from the original
Tritanopia#F3BFBBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.6:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Nearest named CSS colourBurlywood (#DEB887)ΔE 6.99, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

Complementary#92AFE6
Analogous#E69F92, #D9E692
Triadic#92E6C9, #C992E6
Split complementary#92D9E6, #9F92E6
Tetradic#92E69F, #92AFE6, #E692D9

Tints, shades & saturation

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F9F2E5
Lighter +10%#F0DEBB
Darker −10%#DCB469
Darker −20%#D3A03F
Darker −30%#B5852A
Darker −40%#8C6720
More saturated +25%#F7CE81
Less saturated −25%#D5C4A3

Channel breakdown

R230
G201
B146
Red230 (90.2%)
Green201 (78.8%)
Blue146 (57.3%)
Hue39.29°
Saturation (HSL)62.69%
Lightness73.73%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E6 · G C9 · B 92

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