Recognised as Colour

#ECCC8B

#ECCC8B
Orange
Light
Nearest: Burlywood

#ECCC8B is a orange with RGB values 236, 204, 139 and HSL 40°, 72%, 74%. 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

#ECCC8B#ECCC8B

HEX#ECCC8B

RGBrgb(236, 204, 139)

RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.8, 0.5451

RGB percentages92.5%, 80%, 54.5%

HSLhsl(40.2, 71.9%, 73.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(40.2, 41.1%, 92.5%)

CMYK0%, 13.6%, 41.1%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,518,859

CSS custom property--colour: #ECCC8B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.62883WCAG 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 13.58:1

Contrast with white1.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CECECE

Inverted#133374

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DBCB86no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7 from the original

Deuteranopia#E3D38Dno 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 30.8 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 text13.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Burlywood · ΔE 10.2 Navajo white · ΔE 10.8 Moccasin · ΔE 13.2 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 13.8 Wheat · ΔE 13.9 Tan · ΔE 14.9

Nearest named CSS colourBurlywood (#DEB887)ΔE 10.15, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8BABEC

Analogous#EC9C8B, #DCEC8B

Triadic#8BECCC, #CC8BEC

Split complementary#8BDBEC, #9C8BEC

Tetradic#8BEC9C, #8BABEC, #EC8BDB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FAF3E3

Lighter +10%#F3DFB7

Darker −10%#E5B95F

Darker −20%#DEA533

Darker −30%#BF8A1F

Darker −40%#936A18

More saturated +25%#FDD27A

Less saturated −25%#DBC69C

Channel breakdown

R236

G204

B139

Red236 (92.5%)

Green204 (80%)

Blue139 (54.5%)

Hue40.21°

Saturation (HSL)71.85%

Lightness73.53%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EC · G CC · B 8B

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

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