Recognised as Colour

#E78128

#E78128
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Chocolate

#E78128 is a orange with RGB values 231, 129, 40 and HSL 28°, 80%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Chocolate.

Colour values

#E78128#E78128

HEX#E78128

RGBrgb(231, 129, 40)

RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.5059, 0.1569

RGB percentages90.6%, 50.6%, 15.7%

HSLhsl(28, 79.9%, 53.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(28, 82.7%, 90.6%)

CMYK0%, 44.2%, 82.7%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,171,880

CSS custom property--colour: #E78128;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32843WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness161 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.57:1

Contrast with white2.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#909090

Inverted#187ED7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9F8D17no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39 from the original

Deuteranopia#B8A427no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FD6A70no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.77:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Chocolate · ΔE 9.9 Dark orange · ΔE 15.7 Peru · ΔE 18 Coral · ΔE 18.4 Sandy brown · ΔE 20.3 Orange · ΔE 22.9

Nearest named CSS colourChocolate (#D2691E)ΔE 9.88, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#288EE7

Analogous#E7282E, #E7E128

Triadic#28E781, #8128E7

Split complementary#28E7E0, #282FE7

Tetradic#2FE728, #288EE7, #E028E7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FBEDE0

Lighter +30%#F6D2B2

Lighter +20%#F1B784

Lighter +10%#EC9C56

Darker −10%#C66816

Darker −20%#985011

Darker −30%#6A380C

Darker −40%#3C2007

More saturated +25%#FF7F10

Less saturated −25%#C98346

Channel breakdown

R231

G129

B40

Red231 (90.6%)

Green129 (50.6%)

Blue40 (15.7%)

Hue27.96°

Saturation (HSL)79.92%

Lightness53.14%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E7 · G 81 · B 28

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