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Recognised as Colour

#E7AE51

  • #E7AE51
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sandy brown

#E7AE51 is a orange with RGB values 231, 174, 81 and HSL 37°, 76%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sandy brown.

Colour values

#E7AE51#E7AE51
HEX#E7AE51
RGBrgb(231, 174, 81)
RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.6824, 0.3176
RGB percentages90.6%, 68.2%, 31.8%
HSLhsl(37.2, 75.8%, 61.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(37.2, 64.9%, 90.6%)
CMYK0%, 24.7%, 64.9%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,183,441
CSS custom property--colour: #E7AE51;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47855WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness185.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.57:1
Contrast with white1.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B3B3B3
Inverted#1851AE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C4B047no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#D1BE54no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.6 from the original
Tritanopia#FA9E9Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.99:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 14Goldenrod · ΔE 15Dark goldenrod · ΔE 17.6Peru · ΔE 17.7Burlywood · ΔE 25Dark khaki · ΔE 25.3
Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 13.99, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#518AE7
Analogous#E76351, #D5E751
Triadic#51E7AE, #AE51E7
Split complementary#51D5E7, #6351E7
Tetradic#51E763, #518AE7, #E751D5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FAEDD7
Lighter +20%#F3D8AB
Lighter +10%#EDC37E
Darker −10%#E19924
Darker −20%#B97C19
Darker −30%#8C5E13
Darker −40%#5F400D
More saturated +25%#FFB439
Less saturated −25%#CEA86A

Channel breakdown

R231
G174
B81
Red231 (90.6%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue81 (31.8%)
Hue37.2°
Saturation (HSL)75.76%
Lightness61.18%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E7 · G AE · B 51

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