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Recognised as Colour

#E7A472

  • #E7A472
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sandy brown

#E7A472 is a orange with RGB values 231, 164, 114 and HSL 26°, 71%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sandy brown.

Colour values

#E7A472#E7A472
HEX#E7A472
RGBrgb(231, 164, 114)
RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.6431, 0.4471
RGB percentages90.6%, 64.3%, 44.7%
HSLhsl(25.6, 70.9%, 67.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(25.6, 50.6%, 90.6%)
CMYK0%, 29%, 50.6%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,180,914
CSS custom property--colour: #E7A472;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44755WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness182.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.95:1
Contrast with white2.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AFAFAF
Inverted#185B8D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B8AA6Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#C8B872no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.4 from the original
Tritanopia#F99797no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.11:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 11.8Dark salmon · ΔE 12.4Light salmon · ΔE 12.5Burlywood · ΔE 14.1Peru · ΔE 16.6Tan · ΔE 18.2
Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 11.8, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#72B5E7
Analogous#E7727A, #E7DF72
Triadic#72E7A4, #A472E7
Split complementary#72E7DF, #727BE7
Tetradic#7BE772, #72B5E7, #DF72E7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FDF8F5
Lighter +20%#F6DCC9
Lighter +10%#EEC09E
Darker −10%#E08846
Darker −20%#D06D23
Darker −30%#A4561C
Darker −40%#783F15
More saturated +25%#FCA15D
Less saturated −25%#D2A787

Channel breakdown

R231
G164
B114
Red231 (90.6%)
Green164 (64.3%)
Blue114 (44.7%)
Hue25.64°
Saturation (HSL)70.91%
Lightness67.65%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E7 · G A4 · B 72

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