Recognised as Colour

#EC9B54

#EC9B54
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Sandy brown

#EC9B54 is a orange with RGB values 236, 155, 84 and HSL 28°, 80%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sandy brown.

Colour values

#EC9B54#EC9B54

HEX#EC9B54

RGBrgb(236, 155, 84)

RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.6078, 0.3294

RGB percentages92.5%, 60.8%, 32.9%

HSLhsl(28, 80%, 62.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(28, 64.4%, 92.5%)

CMYK0%, 34.3%, 64.4%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,506,260

CSS custom property--colour: #EC9B54;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41916WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness177.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.38:1

Contrast with white2.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7

Inverted#1364AB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B4A24Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#C7B555no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FF8A8Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.24:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 3.8 Peru · ΔE 9.4 Light salmon · ΔE 16.7 Chocolate · ΔE 21.4 Dark salmon · ΔE 21.6 Coral · ΔE 21.9

Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 3.82, a close match

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#54A5EC

Analogous#EC5459, #ECE754

Triadic#54EC9B, #9B54EC

Split complementary#54ECE7, #5459EC

Tetradic#59EC54, #54A5EC, #E754EC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FBECDE

Lighter +20%#F6D1B0

Lighter +10%#F1B682

Darker −10%#E78026

Darker −20%#C46716

Darker −30%#964F11

Darker −40%#68370C

More saturated +25%#FF9A41

Less saturated −25%#D49D6C

Channel breakdown

R236

G155

B84

Red236 (92.5%)

Green155 (60.8%)

Blue84 (32.9%)

Hue28.03°

Saturation (HSL)80%

Lightness62.75%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EC · G 9B · B 54

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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