Recognised as Colour

#E7B298

#E7B298
Orange
Light
Nearest: Tan

#E7B298 is a orange with RGB values 231, 178, 152 and HSL 20°, 62%, 75%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

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HEX#E7B298

RGBrgb(231, 178, 152)

RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.698, 0.5961

RGB percentages90.6%, 69.8%, 59.6%

HSLhsl(19.7, 62.2%, 75.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(19.7, 34.2%, 90.6%)

CMYK0%, 22.9%, 34.2%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,184,536

CSS custom property--colour: #E7B298;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51097WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness192.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.22:1

Contrast with white1.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BBBBBB

Inverted#184D67

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C0B796no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#CCC298no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19 from the original

Tritanopia#F5A9ABno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.87:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 11.5 Burlywood · ΔE 12.7 Peach puff · ΔE 14.8 Dark salmon · ΔE 15.8 Navajo white · ΔE 19 Bisque · ΔE 19.1

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 11.5, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#98CDE7

Analogous#E798A6, #E7DA98

Triadic#98E7B2, #B298E7

Split complementary#98E7DA, #98A6E7

Tetradic#A5E798, #98CDE7, #DA98E7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FAF0EB

Lighter +10%#F1D1C1

Darker −10%#DD936F

Darker −20%#D47445

Darker −30%#BB5B2B

Darker −40%#914622

More saturated +25%#F7AD88

Less saturated −25%#D7B7A8

Channel breakdown

R231

G178

B152

Red231 (90.6%)

Green178 (69.8%)

Blue152 (59.6%)

Hue19.75°

Saturation (HSL)62.2%

Lightness75.1%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E7 · G B2 · B 98

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