Recognised as Colour

#EC9324

#EC9324
Orange
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Nearest: Orange

#EC9324 is a orange with RGB values 236, 147, 36 and HSL 33°, 84%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Orange.

Colour values

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HEX#EC9324

RGBrgb(236, 147, 36)

RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.5765, 0.1412

RGB percentages92.5%, 57.6%, 14.1%

HSLhsl(33.3, 84%, 53.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(33.3, 84.7%, 92.5%)

CMYK0%, 37.7%, 84.7%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,504,164

CSS custom property--colour: #EC9324;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38828WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness171.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.77:1

Contrast with white2.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E

Inverted#136CDB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#AF9B04no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32 from the original

Deuteranopia#C5B026no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.4 from the original

Tritanopia#FF7E7Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.4:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Orange · ΔE 14 Dark orange · ΔE 14.1 Goldenrod · ΔE 17.7 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 19 Chocolate · ΔE 19.5 Peru · ΔE 20.5

Nearest named CSS colourOrange (#FFA500)ΔE 13.96, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#247DEC

Analogous#EC2F24, #E1EC24

Triadic#24EC93, #9324EC

Split complementary#24E1EC, #2F24EC

Tetradic#24EC2F, #247DEC, #EC24E1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FCF0E0

Lighter +30%#F8D8B1

Lighter +20%#F4C182

Lighter +10%#F0AA53

Darker −10%#CB7912

Darker −20%#9C5D0E

Darker −30%#6E4109

Darker −40%#3F2505

More saturated +25%#FF9511

Less saturated −25%#CE9042

Channel breakdown

R236

G147

B36

Red236 (92.5%)

Green147 (57.6%)

Blue36 (14.1%)

Hue33.3°

Saturation (HSL)84.03%

Lightness53.33%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EC · G 93 · B 24

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