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Recognised as Colour

#ECC172

  • #ECC172
  • Orange
  • Light
  • Nearest: Burlywood

#ECC172 is a orange with RGB values 236, 193, 114 and HSL 39°, 76%, 69%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Burlywood.

Colour values

#ECC172#ECC172
HEX#ECC172
RGBrgb(236, 193, 114)
RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.7569, 0.4471
RGB percentages92.5%, 75.7%, 44.7%
HSLhsl(38.9, 76.3%, 68.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(38.9, 51.7%, 92.5%)
CMYK0%, 18.2%, 51.7%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,516,018
CSS custom property--colour: #ECC172;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57188WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness200 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.44:1
Contrast with white1.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.44:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C4C4C4
Inverted#133E8D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D3C16Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#DECC74no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.3 from the original
Tritanopia#FDB4AEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.69:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Burlywood · ΔE 15.6Dark khaki · ΔE 17.3Khaki · ΔE 18Sandy brown · ΔE 18.3Navajo white · ΔE 19.7Tan · ΔE 21.5
Nearest named CSS colourBurlywood (#DEB887)ΔE 15.62, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#729DEC
Analogous#EC8472, #DAEC72
Triadic#72ECC1, #C172EC
Split complementary#72DAEC, #8472EC
Tetradic#72EC84, #729DEC, #EC72DA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEFCF9
Lighter +20%#F8E9CC
Lighter +10%#F2D59F
Darker −10%#E6AD45
Darker −20%#DB981D
Darker −30%#AE7917
Darker −40%#815911
More saturated +25%#FFC75F
Less saturated −25%#D8BB86

Channel breakdown

R236
G193
B114
Red236 (92.5%)
Green193 (75.7%)
Blue114 (44.7%)
Hue38.85°
Saturation (HSL)76.25%
Lightness68.63%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EC · G C1 · B 72

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