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Recognised as Colour

#EA9F00

  • #EA9F00
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Orange

#EA9F00 is a orange with RGB values 234, 159, 0 and HSL 41°, 100%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Orange.

Colour values

#EA9F00#EA9F00
HEX#EA9F00
RGBrgb(234, 159, 0)
RGB (0–1)0.9176, 0.6235, 0
RGB percentages91.8%, 62.4%, 0%
HSLhsl(40.8, 100%, 45.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(40.8, 100%, 91.8%)
CMYK0%, 32.1%, 100%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,376,128
CSS custom property--colour: #EA9F00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42289WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness176.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.46:1
Contrast with white2.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3
Inverted#1560FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BAA300no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#CCB510no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.7 from the original
Tritanopia#FF8B87no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 58.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.22:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Orange · ΔE 7.9Goldenrod · ΔE 11.6Dark orange · ΔE 18.7Dark goldenrod · ΔE 19.1Gold · ΔE 28.3Sandy brown · ΔE 29
Nearest named CSS colourOrange (#FFA500)ΔE 7.86, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#004BEA
Analogous#EA2A00, #C0EA00
Triadic#00EA9F, #9F00EA
Split complementary#00C0EA, #2A00EA
Tetradic#00EA2A, #004BEA, #EA00C0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFE8B7
Lighter +30%#FFD884
Lighter +20%#FFC751
Lighter +10%#FFB71E
Darker −10%#B77C00
Darker −20%#845A00
Darker −30%#513700
Darker −40%#1E1400
More saturated +25%#EA9F00
Less saturated −25%#CD941D

Channel breakdown

R234
G159
B0
Red234 (91.8%)
Green159 (62.4%)
Blue0 (0%)
Hue40.77°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness45.88%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EA · G 9F · B 00

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