Recognised as Colour

#E86C02

#E86C02
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Chocolate

#E86C02 is a orange with RGB values 232, 108, 2 and HSL 28°, 98%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Chocolate.

Colour values

#E86C02#E86C02

HEX#E86C02

RGBrgb(232, 108, 2)

RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.4235, 0.0078

RGB percentages91%, 42.4%, 0.8%

HSLhsl(27.7, 98.3%, 45.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(27.7, 99.1%, 91%)

CMYK0%, 53.4%, 99.1%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,232,002

CSS custom property--colour: #E86C02;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27885WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness151.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.58:1

Contrast with white3.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.58:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7F7F7F

Inverted#1793FD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#907E00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#AE9B00no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FF4E5Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.19:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Chocolate · ΔE 13.4 Dark orange · ΔE 14.3 Coral · ΔE 21.6 Orange red · ΔE 24.1 Tomato · ΔE 25.6 Orange · ΔE 27.4

Nearest named CSS colourChocolate (#D2691E)ΔE 13.37, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#027EE8

Analogous#E8020B, #E8DF02

Triadic#02E86C, #6C02E8

Split complementary#02E8DF, #020BE8

Tetradic#0BE802, #027EE8, #DF02E8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FED8B8

Lighter +30%#FEBD85

Lighter +20%#FEA152

Lighter +10%#FD8620

Darker −10%#B55402

Darker −20%#833D01

Darker −30%#502501

Darker −40%#1E0E00

More saturated +25%#EA6C00

Less saturated −25%#CB6E1F

Channel breakdown

R232

G108

Red232 (91%)

Green108 (42.4%)

Blue2 (0.8%)

Hue27.65°

Saturation (HSL)98.29%

Lightness45.88%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E8 · G 6C · B 02

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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