Recognised as Colour

#E7C561

#E7C561
Orange
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E7C561 is a orange with RGB values 231, 197, 97 and HSL 45°, 74%, 64%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E7C561#E7C561

HEX#E7C561

RGBrgb(231, 197, 97)

RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.7725, 0.3804

RGB percentages90.6%, 77.3%, 38%

HSLhsl(44.8, 73.6%, 64.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(44.8, 58%, 90.6%)

CMYK0%, 14.7%, 58%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,189,345

CSS custom property--colour: #E7C561;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57784WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness199.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.56:1

Contrast with white1.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C5C5C5

Inverted#183A9E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D8C257no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#E0CC65no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.3 from the original

Tritanopia#F8B7AFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.67:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 16.1 Dark khaki · ΔE 18.6 Goldenrod · ΔE 19.7 Sandy brown · ΔE 24.6 Burlywood · ΔE 24.9 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 25.1

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 16.11, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6183E7

Analogous#E78261, #C6E761

Triadic#61E7C5, #C561E7

Split complementary#61C6E7, #8261E7

Tetradic#61E782, #6183E7, #E761C6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FBF6E6

Lighter +20%#F4E6BA

Lighter +10%#EED58D

Darker −10%#E0B535

Darker −20%#C49A1E

Darker −30%#987717

Darker −40%#6C5410

More saturated +25%#FED04A

Less saturated −25%#D0BA78

Channel breakdown

R231

G197

B97

Red231 (90.6%)

Green197 (77.3%)

Blue97 (38%)

Hue44.78°

Saturation (HSL)73.63%

Lightness64.31%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E7 · G C5 · B 61

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