Recognised as Colour

#EAAA73

#EAAA73
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Sandy brown

#EAAA73 is a orange with RGB values 234, 170, 115 and HSL 28°, 74%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sandy brown.

Colour values

#EAAA73#EAAA73

HEX#EAAA73

RGBrgb(234, 170, 115)

RGB (0–1)0.9176, 0.6667, 0.451

RGB percentages91.8%, 66.7%, 45.1%

HSLhsl(27.7, 73.9%, 68.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(27.7, 50.9%, 91.8%)

CMYK0%, 27.4%, 50.9%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,379,059

CSS custom property--colour: #EAAA73;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4748WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness186.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.5:1

Contrast with white2:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B4B4B4

Inverted#15558C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BEAF6Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#CDBD74no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FC9D9Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 10.9 Burlywood · ΔE 12.9 Light salmon · ΔE 14.5 Dark salmon · ΔE 15.3 Peru · ΔE 17 Tan · ΔE 17.9

Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 10.95, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#73B3EA

Analogous#EA7378, #EAE673

Triadic#73EAAA, #AA73EA

Split complementary#73EAE6, #7378EA

Tetradic#78EA73, #73B3EA, #E673EA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FEFBF8

Lighter +20%#F7E0CC

Lighter +10%#F1C59F

Darker −10%#E38F47

Darker −20%#D77520

Darker −30%#AA5D1A

Darker −40%#7E4413

More saturated +25%#FEA85F

Less saturated −25%#D6AC87

Channel breakdown

R234

G170

B115

Red234 (91.8%)

Green170 (66.7%)

Blue115 (45.1%)

Hue27.73°

Saturation (HSL)73.91%

Lightness68.43%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EA · G AA · B 73

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