Colour

#E7B27D

#E7B27D
Orange
Light
Nearest: Burlywood

#E7B27D is a orange with RGB values 231, 178, 125 and HSL 30°, 69%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Burlywood.

Colour values

#E7B27D#E7B27D

HEX#E7B27D

RGBrgb(231, 178, 125)

RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.698, 0.4902

RGB percentages90.6%, 69.8%, 49%

HSLhsl(30, 68.8%, 69.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(30, 45.9%, 90.6%)

CMYK0%, 22.9%, 45.9%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,184,509

CSS custom property--colour: #E7B27D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5031WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness190.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.06:1

Contrast with white1.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9

Inverted#184D82

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C3B579no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#D0C17Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.2 from the original

Tritanopia#F7A6A5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.9:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Burlywood · ΔE 7.3 Tan · ΔE 12.7 Sandy brown · ΔE 16.2 Navajo white · ΔE 17.3 Dark salmon · ΔE 18 Light salmon · ΔE 18.8

Nearest named CSS colourBurlywood (#DEB887)ΔE 7.28, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#7DB2E7

Analogous#E77D7D, #E7E77D

Triadic#7DE7B2, #B27DE7

Split complementary#7DE7E7, #7D7DE7

Tetradic#7DE77D, #7DB2E7, #E77DE7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFEFE

Lighter +20%#F7E5D3

Lighter +10%#EFCCA8

Darker −10%#DF9952

Darker −20%#D67F28

Darker −30%#AB6520

Darker −40%#804C18

More saturated +25%#FAB26A

Less saturated −25%#D4B290

Channel breakdown

R231

G178

B125

Red231 (90.6%)

Green178 (69.8%)

Blue125 (49%)

Hue30°

Saturation (HSL)68.83%

Lightness69.8%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E7 · G B2 · B 7D

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