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Recognised as Colour

#EC9C56

  • #EC9C56
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sandy brown

#EC9C56 is a orange with RGB values 236, 156, 86 and HSL 28°, 80%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sandy brown.

Colour values

#EC9C56#EC9C56
HEX#EC9C56
RGBrgb(236, 156, 86)
RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.6118, 0.3373
RGB percentages92.5%, 61.2%, 33.7%
HSLhsl(28, 79.8%, 63.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(28, 63.6%, 92.5%)
CMYK0%, 33.9%, 63.6%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,506,518
CSS custom property--colour: #EC9C56;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42282WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.46:1
Contrast with white2.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8
Inverted#1363A9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B4A34Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#C7B557no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.9 from the original
Tritanopia#FF8B8Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.22:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 3.2Peru · ΔE 9.5Light salmon · ΔE 16.3Dark salmon · ΔE 21Chocolate · ΔE 22.1Coral · ΔE 22.4
Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 3.21, a close match
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#56A6EC
Analogous#EC565B, #ECE756
Triadic#56EC9C, #9C56EC
Split complementary#56ECE7, #565BEC
Tetradic#5BEC56, #56A6EC, #E756EC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FBEDE0
Lighter +20%#F6D2B2
Lighter +10%#F1B784
Darker −10%#E78128
Darker −20%#C66816
Darker −30%#985011
Darker −40%#6A380C
More saturated +25%#FF9B43
Less saturated −25%#D49E6E

Channel breakdown

R236
G156
B86
Red236 (92.5%)
Green156 (61.2%)
Blue86 (33.7%)
Hue28°
Saturation (HSL)79.79%
Lightness63.14%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EC · G 9C · B 56

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