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Recognised as Colour

#E9C281

  • #E9C281
  • Orange
  • Light
  • Nearest: Burlywood

#E9C281 is a orange with RGB values 233, 194, 129 and HSL 38°, 70%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Burlywood.

Colour values

#E9C281#E9C281
HEX#E9C281
RGBrgb(233, 194, 129)
RGB (0–1)0.9137, 0.7608, 0.5059
RGB percentages91.4%, 76.1%, 50.6%
HSLhsl(37.5, 70.3%, 71%)
HSV / HSBhsv(37.5, 44.6%, 91.4%)
CMYK0%, 16.7%, 44.6%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,319,681
CSS custom property--colour: #E9C281;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57492WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness200.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.5:1
Contrast with white1.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C6C6C6
Inverted#163D7E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D2C27Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10 from the original
Deuteranopia#DCCC83no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.3 from the original
Tritanopia#F8B7B2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.68:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Burlywood · ΔE 8.7Navajo white · ΔE 13.6Tan · ΔE 14.5Dark khaki · ΔE 16Moccasin · ΔE 16.4Wheat · ΔE 16.9
Nearest named CSS colourBurlywood (#DEB887)ΔE 8.66, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#81A8E9
Analogous#E98E81, #DCE981
Triadic#81E9C2, #C281E9
Split complementary#81DCE9, #8E81E9
Tetradic#81E98E, #81A8E9, #E981DC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F8ECD8
Lighter +10%#F1D7AC
Darker −10%#E1AD56
Darker −20%#DA982A
Darker −30%#B27B1F
Darker −40%#875D17
More saturated +25%#FBC76E
Less saturated −25%#D6BD93

Channel breakdown

R233
G194
B129
Red233 (91.4%)
Green194 (76.1%)
Blue129 (50.6%)
Hue37.5°
Saturation (HSL)70.27%
Lightness70.98%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E9 · G C2 · B 81

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