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Recognised as Colour

#E79C59

  • #E79C59
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sandy brown

#E79C59 is a orange with RGB values 231, 156, 89 and HSL 28°, 75%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sandy brown.

Colour values

#E79C59#E79C59
HEX#E79C59
RGBrgb(231, 156, 89)
RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.6118, 0.349
RGB percentages90.6%, 61.2%, 34.9%
HSLhsl(28.3, 74.7%, 62.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(28.3, 61.5%, 90.6%)
CMYK0%, 32.5%, 61.5%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,178,841
CSS custom property--colour: #E79C59;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41487WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness176.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.3:1
Contrast with white2.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7
Inverted#1863A6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B3A253no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#C5B35Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.6 from the original
Tritanopia#FA8C8Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.26:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 3.9Peru · ΔE 9Light salmon · ΔE 15.7Dark salmon · ΔE 19.4Burlywood · ΔE 22.4Dark goldenrod · ΔE 23.4
Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 3.88, a close match
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#59A4E7
Analogous#E7595D, #E7E359
Triadic#59E79C, #9C59E7
Split complementary#59E7E3, #595DE7
Tetradic#5DE759, #59A4E7, #E359E7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FAECDF
Lighter +20%#F4D1B2
Lighter +10%#EDB786
Darker −10%#E1812C
Darker −20%#BE681C
Darker −30%#925015
Darker −40%#65380F
More saturated +25%#FF9B41
Less saturated −25%#CF9D71

Channel breakdown

R231
G156
B89
Red231 (90.6%)
Green156 (61.2%)
Blue89 (34.9%)
Hue28.31°
Saturation (HSL)74.74%
Lightness62.75%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E7 · G 9C · B 59

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