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Recognised as Colour

#E89F49

  • #E89F49
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sandy brown

#E89F49 is a orange with RGB values 232, 159, 73 and HSL 32°, 78%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sandy brown.

Colour values

#E89F49#E89F49
HEX#E89F49
RGBrgb(232, 159, 73)
RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.6235, 0.2863
RGB percentages91%, 62.4%, 28.6%
HSLhsl(32.5, 77.6%, 59.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(32.5, 68.5%, 91%)
CMYK0%, 31.5%, 68.5%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,245,129
CSS custom property--colour: #E89F49;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42433WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness177.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.49:1
Contrast with white2.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.49:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8
Inverted#1760B6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B7A43Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#C8B54Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.3 from the original
Tritanopia#FC8E8Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.21:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.49:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 8.9Peru · ΔE 11.6Dark goldenrod · ΔE 17.4Goldenrod · ΔE 18Chocolate · ΔE 23.5Light salmon · ΔE 23.5
Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 8.86, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4992E8
Analogous#E84F49, #E2E849
Triadic#49E89F, #9F49E8
Split complementary#49E2E8, #4F49E8
Tetradic#49E84F, #4992E8, #E849E2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFE
Lighter +30%#F9E7D1
Lighter +20%#F3CFA4
Lighter +10%#EEB776
Darker −10%#E2871C
Darker −20%#B46C17
Darker −30%#875111
Darker −40%#5A360B
More saturated +25%#FFA132
Less saturated −25%#CE9D63

Channel breakdown

R232
G159
B73
Red232 (91%)
Green159 (62.4%)
Blue73 (28.6%)
Hue32.45°
Saturation (HSL)77.56%
Lightness59.8%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E8 · G 9F · B 49

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