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Recognised as Colour

#EAA579

  • #EAA579
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark salmon

#EAA579 is a orange with RGB values 234, 165, 121 and HSL 23°, 73%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark salmon.

Colour values

#EAA579#EAA579
HEX#EAA579
RGBrgb(234, 165, 121)
RGB (0–1)0.9176, 0.6471, 0.4745
RGB percentages91.8%, 64.7%, 47.5%
HSLhsl(23.4, 72.9%, 69.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(23.4, 48.3%, 91.8%)
CMYK0%, 29.5%, 48.3%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,377,785
CSS custom property--colour: #EAA579;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45783WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness184.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.16:1
Contrast with white2.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B0B0B0
Inverted#155A86

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B8AB76no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#C9BA79no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.6 from the original
Tritanopia#FC989Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.07:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark salmon · ΔE 9.9Light salmon · ΔE 11.2Sandy brown · ΔE 14.1Burlywood · ΔE 14.2Tan · ΔE 17.7Peru · ΔE 19
Nearest named CSS colourDark salmon (#E9967A)ΔE 9.93, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#79BEEA
Analogous#EA7985, #EADE79
Triadic#79EAA5, #A579EA
Split complementary#79EADE, #7985EA
Tetradic#85EA79, #79BEEA, #DE79EA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFEFD
Lighter +20%#F8E0D1
Lighter +10%#F1C3A5
Darker −10%#E3874D
Darker −20%#DB6A22
Darker −30%#AF551B
Darker −40%#833F14
More saturated +25%#FDA166
Less saturated −25%#D7A98C

Channel breakdown

R234
G165
B121
Red234 (91.8%)
Green165 (64.7%)
Blue121 (47.5%)
Hue23.36°
Saturation (HSL)72.9%
Lightness69.61%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EA · G A5 · B 79

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