Recognised as Colour

#E8D6AE

#E8D6AE
Orange
Light
Nearest: Wheat

#E8D6AE is a orange with RGB values 232, 214, 174 and HSL 41°, 56%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Wheat.

Colour values

#E8D6AE#E8D6AE

HEX#E8D6AE

RGBrgb(232, 214, 174)

RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.8392, 0.6824

RGB percentages91%, 83.9%, 68.2%

HSLhsl(41.4, 55.8%, 79.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(41.4, 25%, 91%)

CMYK0%, 7.8%, 25%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,259,310

CSS custom property--colour: #E8D6AE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68305WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness215.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.66:1

Contrast with white1.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.66:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7

Inverted#172951

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E0D5ABno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original

Deuteranopia#E4DAAFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original

Tritanopia#F2CFCBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.43:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Wheat · ΔE 4 Moccasin · ΔE 7.4 Bisque · ΔE 7.9 Navajo white · ΔE 8.6 Peach puff · ΔE 8.7 Blanched almond · ΔE 9.5

Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 4.01, a close match

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#AEC0E8

Analogous#E8B9AE, #DDE8AE

Triadic#AEE8D6, #D6AEE8

Split complementary#AEDDE8, #B9AEE8

Tetradic#AEE8B9, #AEC0E8, #E8AEDD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFEFD

Lighter +10%#F3EAD6

Darker −10%#DDC286

Darker −20%#D1AE5F

Darker −30%#C59938

Darker −40%#9D7A2D

More saturated +25%#F5DBA1

Less saturated −25%#DBD1BB

Channel breakdown

R232

G214

B174

Red232 (91%)

Green214 (83.9%)

Blue174 (68.2%)

Hue41.38°

Saturation (HSL)55.77%

Lightness79.61%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E8 · G D6 · B AE

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