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Recognised as Colour

#E78E59

  • #E78E59
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sandy brown

#E78E59 is a orange with RGB values 231, 142, 89 and HSL 22°, 75%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sandy brown.

Colour values

#E78E59#E78E59
HEX#E78E59
RGBrgb(231, 142, 89)
RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.5569, 0.349
RGB percentages90.6%, 55.7%, 34.9%
HSLhsl(22.4, 74.7%, 62.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(22.4, 61.5%, 90.6%)
CMYK0%, 38.5%, 61.5%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,175,257
CSS custom property--colour: #E78E59;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37056WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness169.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.41:1
Contrast with white2.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D
Inverted#1871A6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A79854no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#BCAC59no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.2 from the original
Tritanopia#FB7D81no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.5:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 10Light salmon · ΔE 10.9Peru · ΔE 11Dark salmon · ΔE 14.6Coral · ΔE 17.3Chocolate · ΔE 20.2
Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 10.04, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#59B2E7
Analogous#E7596B, #E7D559
Triadic#59E78E, #8E59E7
Split complementary#59E7D5, #596BE7
Tetradic#6BE759, #59B2E7, #D559E7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FAE9DF
Lighter +20%#F4CBB2
Lighter +10%#EDAC86
Darker −10%#E1702C
Darker −20%#BE581C
Darker −30%#924415
Darker −40%#652F0F
More saturated +25%#FF8841
Less saturated −25%#CF9471

Channel breakdown

R231
G142
B89
Red231 (90.6%)
Green142 (55.7%)
Blue89 (34.9%)
Hue22.39°
Saturation (HSL)74.74%
Lightness62.75%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E7 · G 8E · B 59

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