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Recognised as Colour

#ECC899

  • #ECC899
  • Orange
  • Light
  • Nearest: Burlywood

#ECC899 is a orange with RGB values 236, 200, 153 and HSL 34°, 69%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Burlywood.

Colour values

#ECC899#ECC899
HEX#ECC899
RGBrgb(236, 200, 153)
RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.7843, 0.6
RGB percentages92.5%, 78.4%, 60%
HSLhsl(34, 68.6%, 76.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(34, 35.2%, 92.5%)
CMYK0%, 15.3%, 35.2%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,517,849
CSS custom property--colour: #ECC899;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61441WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness206.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.29:1
Contrast with white1.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CCCCCC
Inverted#133766

Colour vision & accessibility

Protanopia#D6C996no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#DED19Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10 from the original
Tritanopia#FABFBCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.58:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Nearest named CSS colourBurlywood (#DEB887)ΔE 5.93, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

Complementary#99BDEC
Analogous#EC9E99, #E7EC99
Triadic#99ECC8, #C899EC
Split complementary#99E7EC, #9E99EC
Tetradic#99EC9E, #99BDEC, #EC99E7

Tints, shades & saturation

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FCF6EF
Lighter +10%#F4DFC4
Darker −10%#E4B16E
Darker −20%#DC9A43
Darker −30%#C78125
Darker −40%#9C651D
More saturated +25%#FBCA8A
Less saturated −25%#DDC6A8

Channel breakdown

R236
G200
B153
Red236 (92.5%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue153 (60%)
Hue33.98°
Saturation (HSL)68.6%
Lightness76.27%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EC · G C8 · B 99

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