Recognised as Colour

#E7B856

#E7B856
Orange
Light
Nearest: Goldenrod

#E7B856 is a orange with RGB values 231, 184, 86 and HSL 41°, 75%, 62%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

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HEX#E7B856

RGBrgb(231, 184, 86)

RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.7216, 0.3373

RGB percentages90.6%, 72.2%, 33.7%

HSLhsl(40.6, 75.1%, 62.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(40.6, 62.8%, 90.6%)

CMYK0%, 20.3%, 62.8%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,186,006

CSS custom property--colour: #E7B856;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51942WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness191.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.39:1

Contrast with white1.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BBBBBB

Inverted#1847A9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#CCB84Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#D8C45Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.4 from the original

Tritanopia#F9A9A2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.84:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 15.3 Sandy brown · ΔE 18.8 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 19.9 Dark khaki · ΔE 22.2 Khaki · ΔE 22.6 Peru · ΔE 22.7

Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 15.33, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5685E7

Analogous#E77056, #CDE756

Triadic#56E7B8, #B856E7

Split complementary#56CEE7, #7056E7

Tetradic#56E770, #5685E7, #E756CE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FAF0DC

Lighter +20%#F4DEAF

Lighter +10%#EDCB83

Darker −10%#E1A529

Darker −20%#BC881B

Darker −30%#906814

Darker −40%#63470E

More saturated +25%#FFC03E

Less saturated −25%#CFB06E

Channel breakdown

R231

G184

B86

Red231 (90.6%)

Green184 (72.2%)

Blue86 (33.7%)

Hue40.55°

Saturation (HSL)75.13%

Lightness62.16%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E7 · G B8 · B 56

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