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Recognised as Colour

#E7AA66

  • #E7AA66
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sandy brown

#E7AA66 is a orange with RGB values 231, 170, 102 and HSL 32°, 73%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sandy brown.

Colour values

#E7AA66#E7AA66
HEX#E7AA66
RGBrgb(231, 170, 102)
RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.6667, 0.4
RGB percentages90.6%, 66.7%, 40%
HSLhsl(31.6, 72.9%, 65.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(31.6, 55.8%, 90.6%)
CMYK0%, 26.4%, 55.8%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,182,438
CSS custom property--colour: #E7AA66;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46698WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness184.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.34:1
Contrast with white2.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2
Inverted#185599

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BEAE60no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20 from the original
Deuteranopia#CDBC67no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.3 from the original
Tritanopia#F99C9Ano 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 text2.03:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 8.7Peru · ΔE 14.5Burlywood · ΔE 15.9Light salmon · ΔE 18.8Dark salmon · ΔE 21Tan · ΔE 21.5
Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 8.7, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#66A3E7
Analogous#E76966, #E4E766
Triadic#66E7AA, #AA66E7
Split complementary#66E4E7, #6966E7
Tetradic#66E769, #66A3E7, #E766E4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FCF3EA
Lighter +20%#F5DBBE
Lighter +10%#EEC292
Darker −10%#E0923A
Darker −20%#C8781F
Darker −30%#9C5E18
Darker −40%#704311
More saturated +25%#FDAB50
Less saturated −25%#D1A97C

Channel breakdown

R231
G170
B102
Red231 (90.6%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue102 (40%)
Hue31.63°
Saturation (HSL)72.88%
Lightness65.29%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E7 · G AA · B 66

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