Recognised as Colour

#E7661A

#E7661A
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Chocolate

#E7661A is a orange with RGB values 231, 102, 26 and HSL 22°, 81%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Chocolate.

Colour values

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HEX#E7661A

RGBrgb(231, 102, 26)

RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.4, 0.102

RGB percentages90.6%, 40%, 10.2%

HSLhsl(22.2, 81%, 50.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(22.2, 88.7%, 90.6%)

CMYK0%, 55.8%, 88.7%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,164,954

CSS custom property--colour: #E7661A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26566WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness148.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.31:1

Contrast with white3.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.31:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7C7C7C

Inverted#1899E5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8B7B05no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#AB9812no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FE4759no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.33:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Chocolate · ΔE 10.9 Coral · ΔE 16.5 Tomato · ΔE 19.2 Dark orange · ΔE 20.2 Orange red · ΔE 22.5 Peru · ΔE 28.8

Nearest named CSS colourChocolate (#D2691E)ΔE 10.94, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1A9BE7

Analogous#E71A34, #E7CD1A

Triadic#1AE766, #661AE7

Split complementary#1AE7CC, #1A35E7

Tetradic#34E71A, #1A9BE7, #CD1AE7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FAE1D3

Lighter +30%#F6C3A4

Lighter +20%#F1A476

Lighter +10%#EC8548

Darker −10%#BA5114

Darker −20%#8C3D0F

Darker −30%#5E290A

Darker −40%#301505

More saturated +25%#FF6002

Less saturated −25%#C76E3A

Channel breakdown

R231

G102

B26

Red231 (90.6%)

Green102 (40%)

Blue26 (10.2%)

Hue22.24°

Saturation (HSL)81.03%

Lightness50.39%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E7 · G 66 · B 1A

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