Recognised as Colour

#E7955A

#E7955A
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Sandy brown

#E7955A is a orange with RGB values 231, 149, 90 and HSL 25°, 75%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sandy brown.

Colour values

#E7955A#E7955A

HEX#E7955A

RGBrgb(231, 149, 90)

RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.5843, 0.3529

RGB percentages90.6%, 58.4%, 35.3%

HSLhsl(25.1, 74.6%, 62.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(25.1, 61%, 90.6%)

CMYK0%, 35.5%, 61%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,177,050

CSS custom property--colour: #E7955A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39222WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness172.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.84:1

Contrast with white2.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A2A2A2

Inverted#186AA5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#AD9D55no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#C0AF5Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.4 from the original

Tritanopia#FB8487no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.37:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 6.4 Peru · ΔE 9.3 Light salmon · ΔE 12.3 Dark salmon · ΔE 16.1 Coral · ΔE 20.5 Chocolate · ΔE 22

Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 6.44, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5AACE7

Analogous#E75A66, #E7DB5A

Triadic#5AE795, #955AE7

Split complementary#5AE7DB, #5A66E7

Tetradic#66E75A, #5AACE7, #DB5AE7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FAEBE0

Lighter +20%#F4CEB3

Lighter +10%#EDB287

Darker −10%#E1782D

Darker −20%#BF601C

Darker −30%#934A15

Darker −40%#66330F

More saturated +25%#FF9142

Less saturated −25%#CF9972

Channel breakdown

R231

G149

B90

Red231 (90.6%)

Green149 (58.4%)

Blue90 (35.3%)

Hue25.11°

Saturation (HSL)74.6%

Lightness62.94%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E7 · G 95 · B 5A

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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