Recognised as Colour

#EC8B36

#EC8B36
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Chocolate

#EC8B36 is a orange with RGB values 236, 139, 54 and HSL 28°, 83%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Chocolate.

Colour values

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HEX#EC8B36

RGBrgb(236, 139, 54)

RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.5451, 0.2118

RGB percentages92.5%, 54.5%, 21.2%

HSLhsl(28, 82.7%, 56.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(28, 77.1%, 92.5%)

CMYK0%, 41.1%, 77.1%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,502,134

CSS custom property--colour: #EC8B36;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36564WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness168.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.31:1

Contrast with white2.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#999999

Inverted#1374C9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A8952Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#BFAC36no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.1 from the original

Tritanopia#FF767Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.53:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Chocolate · ΔE 12.8 Peru · ΔE 15 Sandy brown · ΔE 15.7 Dark orange · ΔE 18.2 Coral · ΔE 18.4 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 22.6

Nearest named CSS colourChocolate (#D2691E)ΔE 12.81, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3697EC

Analogous#EC363C, #ECE636

Triadic#36EC8B, #8B36EC

Split complementary#36ECE6, #363CEC

Tetradic#3CEC36, #3697EC, #E636EC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FEF7F0

Lighter +30%#F9DCC2

Lighter +20%#F5C193

Lighter +10%#F0A665

Darker −10%#DA7115

Darker −20%#AC5910

Darker −30%#7D410C

Darker −40%#4F2907

More saturated +25%#FF8A23

Less saturated −25%#D18D51

Channel breakdown

R236

G139

B54

Red236 (92.5%)

Green139 (54.5%)

Blue54 (21.2%)

Hue28.02°

Saturation (HSL)82.73%

Lightness56.86%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EC · G 8B · B 36

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