Recognised as Colour

#E9C672

#E9C672
Orange
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E9C672 is a orange with RGB values 233, 198, 114 and HSL 42°, 73%, 68%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#E9C672

RGBrgb(233, 198, 114)

RGB (0–1)0.9137, 0.7765, 0.4471

RGB percentages91.4%, 77.6%, 44.7%

HSLhsl(42.4, 73%, 68%)

HSV / HSBhsv(42.4, 51.1%, 91.4%)

CMYK0%, 15%, 51.1%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,320,690

CSS custom property--colour: #E9C672;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58927WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness201.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.79:1

Contrast with white1.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C7C7C7

Inverted#16398D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D8C46Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#E0CE75no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.6 from the original

Tritanopia#F9B9B2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.64:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 14.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 15.2 Burlywood · ΔE 17.6 Navajo white · ΔE 20.3 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 20.6 Sandy brown · ΔE 22.2

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 14.38, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#7295E9

Analogous#E98B72, #D0E972

Triadic#72E9C6, #C672E9

Split complementary#72D1E9, #8B72E9

Tetradic#72E98B, #7295E9, #E972D1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FEFCF6

Lighter +20%#F7EACA

Lighter +10%#F0D89E

Darker −10%#E2B446

Darker −20%#D49F21

Darker −30%#A87E1A

Darker −40%#7C5D13

More saturated +25%#FDCE5E

Less saturated −25%#D5BE86

Channel breakdown

R233

G198

B114

Red233 (91.4%)

Green198 (77.6%)

Blue114 (44.7%)

Hue42.35°

Saturation (HSL)73.01%

Lightness68.04%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E9 · G C6 · B 72

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