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Recognised as Colour

#E9A667

  • #E9A667
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sandy brown

#E9A667 is a orange with RGB values 233, 166, 103 and HSL 29°, 75%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sandy brown.

Colour values

#E9A667#E9A667
HEX#E9A667
RGBrgb(233, 166, 103)
RGB (0–1)0.9137, 0.651, 0.4039
RGB percentages91.4%, 65.1%, 40.4%
HSLhsl(29.1, 74.7%, 65.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(29.1, 55.8%, 91.4%)
CMYK0%, 28.8%, 55.8%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,312,487
CSS custom property--colour: #E9A667;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45575WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness183.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.12:1
Contrast with white2.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B0B0B0
Inverted#165998

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BBAB62no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#CBBA68no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23 from the original
Tritanopia#FC9797no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.08:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 6.9Peru · ΔE 13.3Light salmon · ΔE 15.5Burlywood · ΔE 16.8Dark salmon · ΔE 18Tan · ΔE 22
Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 6.88, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#67AAE9
Analogous#E96769, #E9E767
Triadic#67E9A6, #A667E9
Split complementary#67E9E7, #6769E9
Tetradic#69E967, #67AAE9, #E767E9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FCF4ED
Lighter +20%#F6DAC0
Lighter +10%#EFC094
Darker −10%#E38C3A
Darker −20%#CC721E
Darker −30%#A05917
Darker −40%#734011
More saturated +25%#FFA551
Less saturated −25%#D3A77D

Channel breakdown

R233
G166
B103
Red233 (91.4%)
Green166 (65.1%)
Blue103 (40.4%)
Hue29.08°
Saturation (HSL)74.71%
Lightness65.88%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E9 · G A6 · B 67

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