Colour

#EC9407

#EC9407
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Orange

#EC9407 is a orange with RGB values 236, 148, 7 and HSL 37°, 94%, 48%. 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

#EC9407#EC9407

HEX#EC9407

RGBrgb(236, 148, 7)

RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.5804, 0.0275

RGB percentages92.5%, 58%, 2.7%

HSLhsl(36.9, 94.2%, 47.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(36.9, 97%, 92.5%)

CMYK0%, 37.3%, 97%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,504,391

CSS custom property--colour: #EC9407;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39028WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness171.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.81:1

Contrast with white2.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D

Inverted#136BF8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B19B00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#C6B00Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FF7E7Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.38:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Orange · ΔE 8.7 Dark orange · ΔE 12.2 Goldenrod · ΔE 17 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 20.5 Chocolate · ΔE 23.9 Peru · ΔE 26.2

Nearest named CSS colourOrange (#FFA500)ΔE 8.7, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#075FEC

Analogous#EC2207, #D1EC07

Triadic#07EC94, #9407EC

Split complementary#07D1EC, #2207EC

Tetradic#07EC22, #075FEC, #EC07D2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FDE6C2

Lighter +30%#FCD290

Lighter +20%#FABE5F

Lighter +10%#F9AB2D

Darker −10%#BA7506

Darker −20%#895604

Darker −30%#573703

Darker −40%#261801

More saturated +25%#F39600

Less saturated −25%#CE8D25

Channel breakdown

R236

G148

Red236 (92.5%)

Green148 (58%)

Blue7 (2.7%)

Hue36.94°

Saturation (HSL)94.24%

Lightness47.65%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EC · G 94 · B 07

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