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Recognised as Colour

#E9BC6D

  • #E9BC6D
  • Orange
  • Light
  • Nearest: Burlywood

#E9BC6D is a orange with RGB values 233, 188, 109 and HSL 38°, 74%, 67%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Burlywood.

Colour values

#E9BC6D#E9BC6D
HEX#E9BC6D
RGBrgb(233, 188, 109)
RGB (0–1)0.9137, 0.7373, 0.4275
RGB percentages91.4%, 73.7%, 42.7%
HSLhsl(38.2, 73.8%, 67.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(38.2, 53.2%, 91.4%)
CMYK0%, 19.3%, 53.2%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,318,125
CSS custom property--colour: #E9BC6D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54394WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness195.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.88:1
Contrast with white1.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C0C0C0
Inverted#164392

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CFBC66no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#D9C76Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.2 from the original
Tritanopia#FAAFA9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.77:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Burlywood · ΔE 15.8Sandy brown · ΔE 16.9Dark khaki · ΔE 17.7Khaki · ΔE 19.7Navajo white · ΔE 21Tan · ΔE 21.7
Nearest named CSS colourBurlywood (#DEB887)ΔE 15.79, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6D9AE9
Analogous#E97E6D, #D8E96D
Triadic#6DE9BC, #BC6DE9
Split complementary#6DD8E9, #7E6DE9
Tetradic#6DE97E, #6D9AE9, #E96DD8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FDF9F2
Lighter +20%#F6E5C6
Lighter +10%#F0D099
Darker −10%#E2A841
Darker −20%#D1901F
Darker −30%#A47219
Darker −40%#785312
More saturated +25%#FEC258
Less saturated −25%#D4B682

Channel breakdown

R233
G188
B109
Red233 (91.4%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue109 (42.7%)
Hue38.23°
Saturation (HSL)73.81%
Lightness67.06%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E9 · G BC · B 6D

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