Colour

#E9976A

#E9976A
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Light salmon

#E9976A is a orange with RGB values 233, 151, 106 and HSL 21°, 74%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light salmon.

Colour values

#E9976A#E9976A

HEX#E9976A

RGBrgb(233, 151, 106)

RGB (0–1)0.9137, 0.5922, 0.4157

RGB percentages91.4%, 59.2%, 41.6%

HSLhsl(21.3, 74.3%, 66.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(21.3, 54.5%, 91.4%)

CMYK0%, 35.2%, 54.5%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,308,650

CSS custom property--colour: #E9976A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40497WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness175.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.1:1

Contrast with white2.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.1:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A5A5A5

Inverted#166895

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#ADA066no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#C1B26Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31 from the original

Tritanopia#FC888Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.31:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.1:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light salmon · ΔE 7.4 Dark salmon · ΔE 8.8 Sandy brown · ΔE 11.7 Peru · ΔE 15 Salmon · ΔE 20.5 Burlywood · ΔE 21.4

Nearest named CSS colourLight salmon (#FFA07A)ΔE 7.38, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6ABCE9

Analogous#E96A7C, #E9D66A

Triadic#6AE997, #976AE9

Split complementary#6AE9D6, #6A7DE9

Tetradic#7CE96A, #6ABCE9, #D66AE9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FDF4EF

Lighter +20%#F6D5C3

Lighter +10%#F0B696

Darker −10%#E2783E

Darker −20%#CF5D1E

Darker −30%#A24918

Darker −40%#763511

More saturated +25%#FE9155

Less saturated −25%#D49D7F

Channel breakdown

R233

G151

B106

Red233 (91.4%)

Green151 (59.2%)

Blue106 (41.6%)

Hue21.26°

Saturation (HSL)74.27%

Lightness66.47%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E9 · G 97 · B 6A

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