Recognised as Colour

#E8D7B5

#E8D7B5
Orange
Light
Nearest: Wheat

#E8D7B5 is a orange with RGB values 232, 215, 181 and HSL 40°, 53%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Wheat.

Colour values

#E8D7B5#E8D7B5

HEX#E8D7B5

RGBrgb(232, 215, 181)

RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.8431, 0.7098

RGB percentages91%, 84.3%, 71%

HSLhsl(40, 52.6%, 81%)

HSV / HSBhsv(40, 22%, 91%)

CMYK0%, 7.3%, 22%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,259,573

CSS custom property--colour: #E8D7B5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69093WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness216.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.82:1

Contrast with white1.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8

Inverted#17284A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E0D6B3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#E4DBB6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original

Tritanopia#F1D1CEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.42:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Wheat · ΔE 5.9 Bisque · ΔE 6.7 Blanched almond · ΔE 7.8 Peach puff · ΔE 8.3 Moccasin · ΔE 9.3 Papaya whip · ΔE 9.6

Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 5.88, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B5C6E8

Analogous#E8BEB5, #E0E8B5

Triadic#B5E8D7, #D7B5E8

Split complementary#B5E0E8, #BEB5E8

Tetradic#B5E8BE, #B5C6E8, #E8B5E0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F4ECDC

Darker −10%#DCC28E

Darker −20%#D0AD67

Darker −30%#C49840

Darker −40%#9F7B32

More saturated +25%#F4DBA9

Less saturated −25%#DCD3C1

Channel breakdown

R232

G215

B181

Red232 (91%)

Green215 (84.3%)

Blue181 (71%)

Hue40°

Saturation (HSL)52.58%

Lightness80.98%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E8 · G D7 · B B5

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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