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Recognised as Colour

#EAA173

  • #EAA173
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark salmon

#EAA173 is a orange with RGB values 234, 161, 115 and HSL 23°, 74%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark salmon.

Colour values

#EAA173#EAA173
HEX#EAA173
RGBrgb(234, 161, 115)
RGB (0–1)0.9176, 0.6314, 0.451
RGB percentages91.8%, 63.1%, 45.1%
HSLhsl(23.2, 73.9%, 68.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(23.2, 50.9%, 91.8%)
CMYK0%, 31.2%, 50.9%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,376,755
CSS custom property--colour: #EAA173;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4422WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness181.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.84:1
Contrast with white2.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ADADAD
Inverted#155E8C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B6A86Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#C7B873no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.7 from the original
Tritanopia#FC9395no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.13:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark salmon · ΔE 9.7Light salmon · ΔE 9.7Sandy brown · ΔE 12.1Burlywood · ΔE 16.4Peru · ΔE 16.9Tan · ΔE 20.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark salmon (#E9967A)ΔE 9.67, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#73BCEA
Analogous#EA7380, #EADD73
Triadic#73EAA1, #A173EA
Split complementary#73EADD, #7381EA
Tetradic#81EA73, #73BCEA, #DD73EA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEFAF8
Lighter +20%#F7DDCC
Lighter +10%#F1BF9F
Darker −10%#E38347
Darker −20%#D76720
Darker −30%#AA521A
Darker −40%#7E3C13
More saturated +25%#FE9C5F
Less saturated −25%#D6A687

Channel breakdown

R234
G161
B115
Red234 (91.8%)
Green161 (63.1%)
Blue115 (45.1%)
Hue23.19°
Saturation (HSL)73.91%
Lightness68.43%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EA · G A1 · B 73

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