Recognised as Colour

#E7B397

#E7B397
Orange
Light
Nearest: Tan

#E7B397 is a orange with RGB values 231, 179, 151 and HSL 21°, 63%, 75%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

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HEX#E7B397

RGBrgb(231, 179, 151)

RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.702, 0.5922

RGB percentages90.6%, 70.2%, 59.2%

HSLhsl(21, 62.5%, 74.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(21, 34.6%, 90.6%)

CMYK0%, 22.5%, 34.6%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,184,791

CSS custom property--colour: #E7B397;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51463WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness193.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.29:1

Contrast with white1.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BCBCBC

Inverted#184C68

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C1B895no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#CDC297no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.1 from the original

Tritanopia#F5AAABno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.86:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 10.7 Burlywood · ΔE 11.7 Peach puff · ΔE 14.3 Dark salmon · ΔE 16.1 Navajo white · ΔE 18.2 Wheat · ΔE 18.6

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 10.67, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#97CBE7

Analogous#E797A3, #E7DB97

Triadic#97E7B3, #B397E7

Split complementary#97E7DB, #97A3E7

Tetradic#A3E797, #97CBE7, #DB97E7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FAF0EA

Lighter +10%#F1D1C0

Darker −10%#DD956E

Darker −20%#D47644

Darker −30%#BA5D2B

Darker −40%#914821

More saturated +25%#F7AE87

Less saturated −25%#D7B8A7

Channel breakdown

R231

G179

B151

Red231 (90.6%)

Green179 (70.2%)

Blue151 (59.2%)

Hue21°

Saturation (HSL)62.5%

Lightness74.9%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E7 · G B3 · B 97

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