Colour

#E8A572

#E8A572
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Sandy brown

#E8A572 is a orange with RGB values 232, 165, 114 and HSL 26°, 72%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sandy brown.

Colour values

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HEX#E8A572

RGBrgb(232, 165, 114)

RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.6471, 0.4471

RGB percentages91%, 64.7%, 44.7%

HSLhsl(25.9, 72%, 67.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(25.9, 50.9%, 91%)

CMYK0%, 28.9%, 50.9%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,246,706

CSS custom property--colour: #E8A572;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45281WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness183.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.06:1

Contrast with white2.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B0B0B0

Inverted#175A8D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B9AB6Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#C9B972no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.4 from the original

Tritanopia#FA9898no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.09:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 11.4 Light salmon · ΔE 12.6 Dark salmon · ΔE 12.8 Burlywood · ΔE 14.1 Peru · ΔE 16.5 Tan · ΔE 18.4

Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 11.38, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#72B5E8

Analogous#E8727A, #E8E072

Triadic#72E8A5, #A572E8

Split complementary#72E8E0, #727AE8

Tetradic#7AE872, #72B5E8, #E072E8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FDF9F6

Lighter +20%#F6DDCA

Lighter +10%#EFC19E

Darker −10%#E18946

Darker −20%#D26E22

Darker −30%#A6571B

Darker −40%#7A4014

More saturated +25%#FDA25E

Less saturated −25%#D3A887

Channel breakdown

R232

G165

B114

Red232 (91%)

Green165 (64.7%)

Blue114 (44.7%)

Hue25.93°

Saturation (HSL)71.95%

Lightness67.84%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E8 · G A5 · B 72

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