Recognised as Colour

#E89F00

#E89F00
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Orange

#E89F00 is a orange with RGB values 232, 159, 0 and HSL 41°, 100%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Orange.

Colour values

#E89F00#E89F00

HEX#E89F00

RGBrgb(232, 159, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.6235, 0

RGB percentages91%, 62.4%, 0%

HSLhsl(41.1, 100%, 45.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(41.1, 100%, 91%)

CMYK0%, 31.5%, 100%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,245,056

CSS custom property--colour: #E89F00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41952WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness175.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.39:1

Contrast with white2.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3

Inverted#1760FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B9A300no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#CBB410no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.8 from the original

Tritanopia#FD8B87no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 59.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.24:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Orange · ΔE 8.7 Goldenrod · ΔE 10.8 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 18.4 Dark orange · ΔE 19.5 Gold · ΔE 27.9 Peru · ΔE 28.8

Nearest named CSS colourOrange (#FFA500)ΔE 8.74, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0049E8

Analogous#E82B00, #BDE800

Triadic#00E89F, #9F00E8

Split complementary#00BDE8, #2B00E8

Tetradic#00E82B, #0049E8, #E800BD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFE8B5

Lighter +30%#FFD882

Lighter +20%#FFC84F

Lighter +10%#FFB81C

Darker −10%#B57C00

Darker −20%#825900

Darker −30%#4F3600

Darker −40%#1C1300

More saturated +25%#E89F00

Less saturated −25%#CB941D

Channel breakdown

R232

G159

Red232 (91%)

Green159 (62.4%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue41.12°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness45.49%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E8 · G 9F · B 00

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