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Recognised as Colour

#ECBE8E

  • #ECBE8E
  • Orange
  • Light
  • Nearest: Burlywood

#ECBE8E is a orange with RGB values 236, 190, 142 and HSL 31°, 71%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Burlywood.

Colour values

#ECBE8E#ECBE8E
HEX#ECBE8E
RGBrgb(236, 190, 142)
RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.7451, 0.5569
RGB percentages92.5%, 74.5%, 55.7%
HSLhsl(30.6, 71.2%, 74.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(30.6, 39.8%, 92.5%)
CMYK0%, 19.5%, 39.8%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,515,278
CSS custom property--colour: #ECBE8E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56613WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness200.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.32:1
Contrast with white1.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.32:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C4C4C4
Inverted#134171

Colour vision & accessibility

Protanopia#CEC08Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#D8CB8Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.6 from the original
Tritanopia#FBB3B1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.7:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.32:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Nearest named CSS colourBurlywood (#DEB887)ΔE 4.33, a close match
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

Complementary#8EBCEC
Analogous#EC8F8E, #EBEC8E
Triadic#8EECBE, #BE8EEC
Split complementary#8EEBEC, #8F8EEC
Tetradic#8EEC8F, #8EBCEC, #EC8EEB

Tints, shades & saturation

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FBF0E5
Lighter +10%#F3D7BA
Darker −10%#E5A562
Darker −20%#DD8C37
Darker −30%#C17220
Darker −40%#955819
More saturated +25%#FDBE7E
Less saturated −25%#DCBE9F

Channel breakdown

R236
G190
B142
Red236 (92.5%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue142 (55.7%)
Hue30.64°
Saturation (HSL)71.21%
Lightness74.12%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EC · G BE · B 8E

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