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Colour

#E8A689

  • #E8A689
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark salmon

#E8A689 is a orange with RGB values 232, 166, 137 and HSL 18°, 67%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark salmon.

Colour values

#E8A689#E8A689
HEX#E8A689
RGBrgb(232, 166, 137)
RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.651, 0.5373
RGB percentages91%, 65.1%, 53.7%
HSLhsl(18.3, 67.4%, 72.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(18.3, 40.9%, 91%)
CMYK0%, 28.4%, 40.9%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,246,985
CSS custom property--colour: #E8A689;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46234WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness185.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.25:1
Contrast with white2.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2
Inverted#175976

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B7AD87no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#C6BB89no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.8 from the original
Tritanopia#F89B9Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.05:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark salmon · ΔE 8.8Light salmon · ΔE 14.6Burlywood · ΔE 15.1Tan · ΔE 15.8Peach puff · ΔE 20.5Rosy brown · ΔE 21.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark salmon (#E9967A)ΔE 8.84, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#89CBE8
Analogous#E8899B, #E8D589
Triadic#89E8A6, #A689E8
Split complementary#89E8D5, #899CE8
Tetradic#9BE889, #89CBE8, #D589E8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F9E6DE
Lighter +10%#F0C6B4
Darker −10%#E0865E
Darker −20%#D76634
Darker −30%#B55023
Darker −40%#8A3D1B
More saturated +25%#FA9F77
Less saturated −25%#D6AD9B

Channel breakdown

R232
G166
B137
Red232 (91%)
Green166 (65.1%)
Blue137 (53.7%)
Hue18.32°
Saturation (HSL)67.38%
Lightness72.35%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E8 · G A6 · B 89

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