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Recognised as Colour

#E6D8B7

  • #E6D8B7
  • Orange
  • Light
  • Nearest: Wheat

#E6D8B7 is a orange with RGB values 230, 216, 183 and HSL 42°, 48%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Wheat.

Colour values

#E6D8B7#E6D8B7
HEX#E6D8B7
RGBrgb(230, 216, 183)
RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.8471, 0.7176
RGB percentages90.2%, 84.7%, 71.8%
HSLhsl(42.1, 48.5%, 81%)
HSV / HSBhsv(42.1, 20.4%, 90.2%)
CMYK0%, 6.1%, 20.4%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,128,759
CSS custom property--colour: #E6D8B7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69354WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness216.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.87:1
Contrast with white1.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9
Inverted#192748

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E0D7B5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#E4DBB8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Tritanopia#EED2CFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.41:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Wheat · ΔE 6.8Bisque · ΔE 7.3Blanched almond · ΔE 7.7Papaya whip · ΔE 9.3Peach puff · ΔE 9.4Antique white · ΔE 9.9
Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 6.83, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B7C5E6
Analogous#E6C0B7, #DCE6B7
Triadic#B7E6D8, #D8B7E6
Split complementary#B7DDE6, #C1B7E6
Tetradic#B7E6C1, #B7C5E6, #E6B7DD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F3EDDD
Darker −10%#D9C391
Darker −20%#CCAF6B
Darker −30%#BF9A45
Darker −40%#9B7D36
More saturated +25%#F2DDAB
Less saturated −25%#DAD3C3

Channel breakdown

R230
G216
B183
Red230 (90.2%)
Green216 (84.7%)
Blue183 (71.8%)
Hue42.13°
Saturation (HSL)48.45%
Lightness80.98%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E6 · G D8 · B B7

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