Colour

#E8A225

#E8A225
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Goldenrod

#E8A225 is a orange with RGB values 232, 162, 37 and HSL 38°, 81%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

#E8A225#E8A225

HEX#E8A225

RGBrgb(232, 162, 37)

RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.6353, 0.1451

RGB percentages91%, 63.5%, 14.5%

HSLhsl(38.5, 80.9%, 52.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(38.5, 84.1%, 91%)

CMYK0%, 30.2%, 84.1%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,245,861

CSS custom property--colour: #E8A225;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4313WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness177.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.63:1

Contrast with white2.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8

Inverted#175DDA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BBA500no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#CCB62Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.7 from the original

Tritanopia#FD8F8Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.18:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 7.8 Orange · ΔE 13.2 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 15.2 Dark orange · ΔE 21.7 Sandy brown · ΔE 23 Peru · ΔE 23.6

Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 7.82, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#256BE8

Analogous#E84025, #CDE825

Triadic#25E8A2, #A225E8

Split complementary#25CDE8, #4025E8

Tetradic#25E841, #256BE8, #E825CD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FBF1DE

Lighter +30%#F7DDAF

Lighter +20%#F2C981

Lighter +10%#EDB653

Darker −10%#C58615

Darker −20%#976710

Darker −30%#69470B

Darker −40%#3B2806

More saturated +25%#FFA80E

Less saturated −25%#CA9A43

Channel breakdown

R232

G162

B37

Red232 (91%)

Green162 (63.5%)

Blue37 (14.5%)

Hue38.46°

Saturation (HSL)80.91%

Lightness52.75%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E8 · G A2 · B 25

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