Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#ECA556

  • #ECA556
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sandy brown

#ECA556 is a orange with RGB values 236, 165, 86 and HSL 32°, 80%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sandy brown.

Colour values

#ECA556#ECA556
HEX#ECA556
RGBrgb(236, 165, 86)
RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.6471, 0.3373
RGB percentages92.5%, 64.7%, 33.7%
HSLhsl(31.6, 79.8%, 63.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(31.6, 63.6%, 92.5%)
CMYK0%, 30.1%, 63.6%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,508,822
CSS custom property--colour: #ECA556;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45415WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness183 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.08:1
Contrast with white2.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AEAEAE
Inverted#135AA9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BCAA4Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#CDBA57no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.2 from the original
Tritanopia#FF9493no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.08:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 5.9Peru · ΔE 12.1Dark goldenrod · ΔE 20.5Light salmon · ΔE 20.6Goldenrod · ΔE 20.9Burlywood · ΔE 23.9
Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 5.9, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#569DEC
Analogous#EC5A56, #E8EC56
Triadic#56ECA5, #A556EC
Split complementary#56E8EC, #5A56EC
Tetradic#56EC5A, #569DEC, #EC56E8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FBEEE0
Lighter +20%#F6D6B2
Lighter +10%#F1BD84
Darker −10%#E78D28
Darker −20%#C67316
Darker −30%#985811
Darker −40%#6A3E0C
More saturated +25%#FFA643
Less saturated −25%#D4A46E

Channel breakdown

R236
G165
B86
Red236 (92.5%)
Green165 (64.7%)
Blue86 (33.7%)
Hue31.6°
Saturation (HSL)79.79%
Lightness63.14%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EC · G A5 · B 56

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “eca556” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.