Recognised as Colour

#EC9208

#EC9208
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Orange

#EC9208 is a orange with RGB values 236, 146, 8 and HSL 36°, 93%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Orange.

Colour values

#EC9208#EC9208

HEX#EC9208

RGBrgb(236, 146, 8)

RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.5725, 0.0314

RGB percentages92.5%, 57.3%, 3.1%

HSLhsl(36.3, 93.4%, 47.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(36.3, 96.6%, 92.5%)

CMYK0%, 38.1%, 96.6%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,503,880

CSS custom property--colour: #EC9208;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38408WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness170.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.68:1

Contrast with white2.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9B9B9B

Inverted#136DF7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#AF9A00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#C4AF0Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FF7C7Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.42:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Orange · ΔE 9.5 Dark orange · ΔE 11.3 Goldenrod · ΔE 18 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 20.9 Chocolate · ΔE 22.8 Peru · ΔE 25.8

Nearest named CSS colourOrange (#FFA500)ΔE 9.49, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0862EC

Analogous#EC2008, #D4EC08

Triadic#08EC92, #9208EC

Split complementary#08D4EC, #2008EC

Tetradic#08EC20, #0862EC, #EC08D4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FDE6C3

Lighter +30%#FBD292

Lighter +20%#FABD60

Lighter +10%#F8A92F

Darker −10%#BB7306

Darker −20%#895505

Darker −30%#583603

Darker −40%#271801

More saturated +25%#F49400

Less saturated −25%#CE8C26

Channel breakdown

R236

G146

Red236 (92.5%)

Green146 (57.3%)

Blue8 (3.1%)

Hue36.32°

Saturation (HSL)93.44%

Lightness47.84%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EC · G 92 · B 08

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