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Recognised as Colour

#E7AB56

  • #E7AB56
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sandy brown

#E7AB56 is a orange with RGB values 231, 171, 86 and HSL 35°, 75%, 62%. 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

#E7AB56#E7AB56
HEX#E7AB56
RGBrgb(231, 171, 86)
RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.6706, 0.3373
RGB percentages90.6%, 67.1%, 33.7%
HSLhsl(35.2, 75.1%, 62.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(35.2, 62.8%, 90.6%)
CMYK0%, 26%, 62.8%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,182,678
CSS custom property--colour: #E7AB56;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46787WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness184.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.36:1
Contrast with white2.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.36:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2
Inverted#1854A9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C1AE4Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#CFBC58no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19 from the original
Tritanopia#FA9C98no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.5 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 text10.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 10.8Peru · ΔE 15.1Goldenrod · ΔE 18.3Dark goldenrod · ΔE 19Burlywood · ΔE 22.5Light salmon · ΔE 24.8
Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 10.78, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5692E7
Analogous#E76256, #DBE756
Triadic#56E7AB, #AB56E7
Split complementary#56DAE7, #6356E7
Tetradic#56E762, #5692E7, #E756DA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FAEEDC
Lighter +20%#F4D7AF
Lighter +10%#EDC183
Darker −10%#E19529
Darker −20%#BC791B
Darker −30%#905D14
Darker −40%#63400E
More saturated +25%#FFAF3E
Less saturated −25%#CFA76E

Channel breakdown

R231
G171
B86
Red231 (90.6%)
Green171 (67.1%)
Blue86 (33.7%)
Hue35.17°
Saturation (HSL)75.13%
Lightness62.16%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E7 · G AB · B 56

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