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Recognised as Colour

#E8A55C

  • #E8A55C
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sandy brown

#E8A55C is a orange with RGB values 232, 165, 92 and HSL 31°, 75%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sandy brown.

Colour values

#E8A55C#E8A55C
HEX#E8A55C
RGBrgb(232, 165, 92)
RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.6471, 0.3608
RGB percentages91%, 64.7%, 36.1%
HSLhsl(31.3, 75.3%, 63.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(31.3, 60.3%, 91%)
CMYK0%, 28.9%, 60.3%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,246,684
CSS custom property--colour: #E8A55C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44839WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness181.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.97:1
Contrast with white2.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.97:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AEAEAE
Inverted#175AA3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BBA955no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22 from the original
Deuteranopia#CBB95Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.8 from the original
Tritanopia#FB9594no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.11:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 5.8Peru · ΔE 11.8Light salmon · ΔE 19Burlywood · ΔE 20.3Dark goldenrod · ΔE 22Dark salmon · ΔE 22.4
Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 5.85, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5C9FE8
Analogous#E85F5C, #E5E85C
Triadic#5CE8A5, #A55CE8
Split complementary#5CE5E8, #5F5CE8
Tetradic#5CE85F, #5C9FE8, #E85CE5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FBEFE2
Lighter +20%#F5D6B5
Lighter +10%#EEBE89
Darker −10%#E28C2F
Darker −20%#C3731B
Darker −30%#965815
Darker −40%#693E0F
More saturated +25%#FFA645
Less saturated −25%#D1A473

Channel breakdown

R232
G165
B92
Red232 (91%)
Green165 (64.7%)
Blue92 (36.1%)
Hue31.29°
Saturation (HSL)75.27%
Lightness63.53%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E8 · G A5 · B 5C

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