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Recognised as Colour

#E7AA69

  • #E7AA69
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sandy brown

#E7AA69 is a orange with RGB values 231, 170, 105 and HSL 31°, 72%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sandy brown.

Colour values

#E7AA69#E7AA69
HEX#E7AA69
RGBrgb(231, 170, 105)
RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.6667, 0.4118
RGB percentages90.6%, 66.7%, 41.2%
HSLhsl(31, 72.4%, 65.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(31, 54.5%, 90.6%)
CMYK0%, 26.4%, 54.5%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,182,441
CSS custom property--colour: #E7AA69;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46758WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness184.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.35:1
Contrast with white2.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2
Inverted#185596

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BEAE64no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#CDBC6Ano 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 32.6 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 text10.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 9.2Burlywood · ΔE 14.8Peru · ΔE 15Light salmon · ΔE 17.9Dark salmon · ΔE 19.7Tan · ΔE 20.3
Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 9.16, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#69A6E7
Analogous#E76B69, #E5E769
Triadic#69E7AA, #AA69E7
Split complementary#69E5E7, #6B69E7
Tetradic#69E76B, #69A6E7, #E769E5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FCF5ED
Lighter +20%#F5DCC1
Lighter +10%#EEC395
Darker −10%#E0913D
Darker −20%#CA7820
Darker −30%#9E5E19
Darker −40%#724412
More saturated +25%#FDAB53
Less saturated −25%#D1A97F

Channel breakdown

R231
G170
B105
Red231 (90.6%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue105 (41.2%)
Hue30.95°
Saturation (HSL)72.41%
Lightness65.88%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E7 · G AA · B 69

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