Recognised as Colour

#E8B448

#E8B448
Orange
Light
Nearest: Goldenrod

#E8B448 is a orange with RGB values 232, 180, 72 and HSL 41°, 78%, 60%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

#E8B448#E8B448

HEX#E8B448

RGBrgb(232, 180, 72)

RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.7059, 0.2824

RGB percentages91%, 70.6%, 28.2%

HSLhsl(40.5, 77.7%, 59.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(40.5, 69%, 91%)

CMYK0%, 22.4%, 69%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,250,504

CSS custom property--colour: #E8B448;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50266WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness189 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.05:1

Contrast with white1.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7

Inverted#174BB7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#CAB43Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#D6C14Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FBA49Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.9:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 10.2 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 17.3 Sandy brown · ΔE 20.1 Peru · ΔE 23.1 Orange · ΔE 24.6 Khaki · ΔE 26.9

Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 10.19, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#487CE8

Analogous#E86448, #CCE848

Triadic#48E8B4, #B448E8

Split complementary#48CCE8, #6448E8

Tetradic#48E864, #487CE8, #E848CC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFEFD

Lighter +30%#F9ECD0

Lighter +20%#F3D9A3

Lighter +10%#EEC775

Darker −10%#E1A11C

Darker −20%#B38017

Darker −30%#866011

Darker −40%#59400B

More saturated +25%#FFBC31

Less saturated −25%#CEAB62

Channel breakdown

R232

G180

B72

Red232 (91%)

Green180 (70.6%)

Blue72 (28.2%)

Hue40.5°

Saturation (HSL)77.67%

Lightness59.61%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E8 · G B4 · B 48

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