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Recognised as Colour

#E6D9B7

  • #E6D9B7
  • Orange
  • Light
  • Nearest: Wheat

#E6D9B7 is a orange with RGB values 230, 217, 183 and HSL 43°, 48%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Wheat.

Colour values

#E6D9B7#E6D9B7
HEX#E6D9B7
RGBrgb(230, 217, 183)
RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.851, 0.7176
RGB percentages90.2%, 85.1%, 71.8%
HSLhsl(43.4, 48.5%, 81%)
HSV / HSBhsv(43.4, 20.4%, 90.2%)
CMYK0%, 5.7%, 20.4%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,129,015
CSS custom property--colour: #E6D9B7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69868WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness217.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.97:1
Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.97:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9
Inverted#192648

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E1D8B5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#E5DBB8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original
Tritanopia#EED3D0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Wheat · ΔE 6.6Bisque · ΔE 7.4Blanched almond · ΔE 7.7Papaya whip · ΔE 9.3Peach puff · ΔE 9.7Moccasin · ΔE 9.9
Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 6.59, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B7C4E6
Analogous#E6C2B7, #DCE6B7
Triadic#B7E6D9, #D9B7E6
Split complementary#B7DCE6, #C2B7E6
Tetradic#B7E6C1, #B7C4E6, #E6B7DC

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%#D9C591
Darker −20%#CCB16B
Darker −30%#BF9D45
Darker −40%#9B7F36
More saturated +25%#F2DEAB
Less saturated −25%#DAD4C3

Channel breakdown

R230
G217
B183
Red230 (90.2%)
Green217 (85.1%)
Blue183 (71.8%)
Hue43.4°
Saturation (HSL)48.45%
Lightness80.98%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E6 · G D9 · B B7

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