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Recognised as Colour

#ECCC8A

  • #ECCC8A
  • Orange
  • Light
  • Nearest: Burlywood

#ECCC8A is a orange with RGB values 236, 204, 138 and HSL 40°, 72%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Burlywood.

Colour values

#ECCC8A#ECCC8A
HEX#ECCC8A
RGBrgb(236, 204, 138)
RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.8, 0.5412
RGB percentages92.5%, 80%, 54.1%
HSLhsl(40.4, 72.1%, 73.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(40.4, 41.5%, 92.5%)
CMYK0%, 13.6%, 41.5%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,518,858
CSS custom property--colour: #ECCC8A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.62854WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness208 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.57:1
Contrast with white1.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CECECE
Inverted#133375

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DBCB85no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7 from the original
Deuteranopia#E3D38Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7 from the original
Tritanopia#FBC1BBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.55:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Burlywood · ΔE 10.5Navajo white · ΔE 11.2Moccasin · ΔE 13.5Pale goldenrod · ΔE 13.9Wheat · ΔE 14.4Dark khaki · ΔE 15.2
Nearest named CSS colourBurlywood (#DEB887)ΔE 10.51, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8AAAEC
Analogous#EC9B8A, #DBEC8A
Triadic#8AECCC, #CC8AEC
Split complementary#8ADBEC, #9B8AEC
Tetradic#8AEC9B, #8AAAEC, #EC8ADB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FAF2E2
Lighter +10%#F3DFB6
Darker −10%#E5B95E
Darker −20%#DEA632
Darker −30%#BE8A1F
Darker −40%#926A18
More saturated +25%#FDD279
Less saturated −25%#DBC69B

Channel breakdown

R236
G204
B138
Red236 (92.5%)
Green204 (80%)
Blue138 (54.1%)
Hue40.41°
Saturation (HSL)72.06%
Lightness73.33%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EC · G CC · B 8A

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