Colour

#E79E0C

#E79E0C
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Orange

#E79E0C is a orange with RGB values 231, 158, 12 and HSL 40°, 90%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Orange.

Colour values

#E79E0C#E79E0C

HEX#E79E0C

RGBrgb(231, 158, 12)

RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.6196, 0.0471

RGB percentages90.6%, 62%, 4.7%

HSLhsl(40, 90.1%, 47.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(40, 94.8%, 90.6%)

CMYK0%, 31.6%, 94.8%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,179,276

CSS custom property--colour: #E79E0C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41469WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness175 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.29:1

Contrast with white2.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3

Inverted#1861F3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B8A200no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#C9B417no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.8 from the original

Tritanopia#FC8A87no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 57.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.26:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Orange · ΔE 9.7 Goldenrod · ΔE 10.1 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 17.2 Dark orange · ΔE 19.4 Peru · ΔE 27 Sandy brown · ΔE 27.2

Nearest named CSS colourOrange (#FFA500)ΔE 9.68, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0C55E7

Analogous#E7300C, #C2E70C

Triadic#0CE79E, #9E0CE7

Split complementary#0CC3E7, #310CE7

Tetradic#0CE730, #0C55E7, #E70CC2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FCE9C3

Lighter +30%#F9D793

Lighter +20%#F7C562

Lighter +10%#F4B332

Darker −10%#B77D09

Darker −20%#865C07

Darker −30%#563B04

Darker −40%#251902

More saturated +25%#F3A200

Less saturated −25%#C9942A

Channel breakdown

R231

G158

B12

Red231 (90.6%)

Green158 (62%)

Blue12 (4.7%)

Hue40°

Saturation (HSL)90.12%

Lightness47.65%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E7 · G 9E · B 0C

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