Recognised as Colour

#ECBE79

#ECBE79
Orange
Light
Nearest: Burlywood

#ECBE79 is a orange with RGB values 236, 190, 121 and HSL 36°, 75%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Burlywood.

Colour values

#ECBE79#ECBE79

HEX#ECBE79

RGBrgb(236, 190, 121)

RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.7451, 0.4745

RGB percentages92.5%, 74.5%, 47.5%

HSLhsl(36, 75.2%, 70%)

HSV / HSBhsv(36, 48.7%, 92.5%)

CMYK0%, 19.5%, 48.7%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,515,257

CSS custom property--colour: #ECBE79;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5604WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness198.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.21:1

Contrast with white1.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C3C3C3

Inverted#134186

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D0BF74no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#DBCA7Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13 from the original

Tritanopia#FDB1ADno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.72:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Burlywood · ΔE 11.3 Navajo white · ΔE 16.8 Sandy brown · ΔE 17 Tan · ΔE 17.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 18.1 Moccasin · ΔE 19.7

Nearest named CSS colourBurlywood (#DEB887)ΔE 11.27, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#79A7EC

Analogous#EC8479, #E1EC79

Triadic#79ECBE, #BE79EC

Split complementary#79E1EC, #8479EC

Tetradic#79EC84, #79A7EC, #EC79E1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F9E9D2

Lighter +10%#F2D4A6

Darker −10%#E6A84C

Darker −20%#DF9320

Darker −30%#B37519

Darker −40%#865813

More saturated +25%#FFC266

Less saturated −25%#D9BA8C

Channel breakdown

R236

G190

B121

Red236 (92.5%)

Green190 (74.5%)

Blue121 (47.5%)

Hue36°

Saturation (HSL)75.16%

Lightness70%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EC · G BE · B 79

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Colour values

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