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Recognised as Colour

#E9A867

  • #E9A867
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sandy brown

#E9A867 is a orange with RGB values 233, 168, 103 and HSL 30°, 75%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sandy brown.

Colour values

#E9A867#E9A867
HEX#E9A867
RGBrgb(233, 168, 103)
RGB (0–1)0.9137, 0.6588, 0.4039
RGB percentages91.4%, 65.9%, 40.4%
HSLhsl(30, 74.7%, 65.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(30, 55.8%, 91.4%)
CMYK0%, 27.9%, 55.8%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,312,999
CSS custom property--colour: #E9A867;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46308WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness184.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.26:1
Contrast with white2.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B1B1B1
Inverted#165798

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BDAC61no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#CCBB68no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.1 from the original
Tritanopia#FB9998no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.05:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 7.3Peru · ΔE 13.8Burlywood · ΔE 16.4Light salmon · ΔE 16.7Dark salmon · ΔE 19.1Tan · ΔE 21.9
Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 7.33, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#67A8E9
Analogous#E96767, #E9E967
Triadic#67E9A8, #A867E9
Split complementary#67E9E9, #6767E9
Tetradic#67E967, #67A8E9, #E967E9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FCF4ED
Lighter +20%#F6DBC0
Lighter +10%#EFC294
Darker −10%#E38E3A
Darker −20%#CC751E
Darker −30%#A05B17
Darker −40%#734211
More saturated +25%#FFA851
Less saturated −25%#D3A87D

Channel breakdown

R233
G168
B103
Red233 (91.4%)
Green168 (65.9%)
Blue103 (40.4%)
Hue30°
Saturation (HSL)74.71%
Lightness65.88%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E9 · G A8 · B 67

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