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Recognised as Colour

#E9AA85

  • #E9AA85
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark salmon

#E9AA85 is a orange with RGB values 233, 170, 133 and HSL 22°, 69%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark salmon.

Colour values

#E9AA85#E9AA85
HEX#E9AA85
RGBrgb(233, 170, 133)
RGB (0–1)0.9137, 0.6667, 0.5216
RGB percentages91.4%, 66.7%, 52.2%
HSLhsl(22.2, 69.4%, 71.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(22.2, 42.9%, 91.4%)
CMYK0%, 27%, 42.9%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,313,541
CSS custom property--colour: #E9AA85;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47767WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness187.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.55:1
Contrast with white1.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B5B5B5
Inverted#16557A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BBB082no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#CABD85no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.5 from the original
Tritanopia#F99FA0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.99:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark salmon · ΔE 10.7Burlywood · ΔE 12Tan · ΔE 14.1Light salmon · ΔE 14.3Sandy brown · ΔE 19.1Peach puff · ΔE 19.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark salmon (#E9967A)ΔE 10.69, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#85C4E9
Analogous#E98592, #E9DC85
Triadic#85E9AA, #AA85E9
Split complementary#85E9DC, #8592E9
Tetradic#92E985, #85C4E9, #DC85E9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F9E6DB
Lighter +10%#F1C8B0
Darker −10%#E18C5A
Darker −20%#D96E2F
Darker −30%#B45721
Darker −40%#894219
More saturated +25%#FBA573
Less saturated −25%#D7AF97

Channel breakdown

R233
G170
B133
Red233 (91.4%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue133 (52.2%)
Hue22.2°
Saturation (HSL)69.44%
Lightness71.76%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E9 · G AA · B 85

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