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Recognised as Colour

#ECB289

  • #ECB289
  • Orange
  • Light
  • Nearest: Burlywood

#ECB289 is a orange with RGB values 236, 178, 137 and HSL 25°, 72%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Burlywood.

Colour values

#ECB289#ECB289
HEX#ECB289
RGBrgb(236, 178, 137)
RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.698, 0.5373
RGB percentages92.5%, 69.8%, 53.7%
HSLhsl(24.8, 72.3%, 73.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(24.8, 41.9%, 92.5%)
CMYK0%, 24.6%, 41.9%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,512,201
CSS custom property--colour: #ECB289;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5148WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness193.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.3:1
Contrast with white1.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BBBBBB
Inverted#134D76

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C3B786no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#D1C389no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.8 from the original
Tritanopia#FCA7A7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.86:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Burlywood · ΔE 9Tan · ΔE 12.1Dark salmon · ΔE 14.2Light salmon · ΔE 16.6Peach puff · ΔE 16.8Navajo white · ΔE 17.5
Nearest named CSS colourBurlywood (#DEB887)ΔE 8.99, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#89C3EC
Analogous#EC8992, #ECE489
Triadic#89ECB2, #B289EC
Split complementary#89ECE4, #8992EC
Tetradic#92EC89, #89C3EC, #E389EC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FAEBE1
Lighter +10%#F3CFB5
Darker −10%#E5955D
Darker −20%#DE7931
Darker −30%#BD601F
Darker −40%#924A17
More saturated +25%#FDAF78
Less saturated −25%#DBB59A

Channel breakdown

R236
G178
B137
Red236 (92.5%)
Green178 (69.8%)
Blue137 (53.7%)
Hue24.85°
Saturation (HSL)72.26%
Lightness73.14%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EC · G B2 · B 89

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