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Recognised as Colour

#ECAE76

  • #ECAE76
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sandy brown

#ECAE76 is a orange with RGB values 236, 174, 118 and HSL 28°, 76%, 69%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sandy brown.

Colour values

#ECAE76#ECAE76
HEX#ECAE76
RGBrgb(236, 174, 118)
RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.6824, 0.4627
RGB percentages92.5%, 68.2%, 46.3%
HSLhsl(28.5, 75.6%, 69.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(28.5, 50%, 92.5%)
CMYK0%, 26.3%, 50%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,511,158
CSS custom property--colour: #ECAE76;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.49413WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness189.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.88:1
Contrast with white1.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7
Inverted#135189

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C1B272no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#D0C077no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.9 from the original
Tritanopia#FEA1A0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.93:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 11.6Burlywood · ΔE 11.9Light salmon · ΔE 15.5Dark salmon · ΔE 16.5Tan · ΔE 17.2Peru · ΔE 18.2
Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 11.63, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#76B4EC
Analogous#EC7679, #ECE976
Triadic#76ECAE, #AE76EC
Split complementary#76ECE9, #7679EC
Tetradic#79EC76, #76B4EC, #E976EC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFDFC
Lighter +20%#F8E3D0
Lighter +10%#F2C8A3
Darker −10%#E69449
Darker −20%#DD791F
Darker −30%#B16118
Darker −40%#844812
More saturated +25%#FFAD63
Less saturated −25%#D9AF8A

Channel breakdown

R236
G174
B118
Red236 (92.5%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue118 (46.3%)
Hue28.47°
Saturation (HSL)75.64%
Lightness69.41%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EC · G AE · B 76

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