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Recognised as Colour

#ECD89E

  • #ECD89E
  • Orange
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#ECD89E is a orange with RGB values 236, 216, 158 and HSL 45°, 67%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#ECD89E#ECD89E
HEX#ECD89E
RGBrgb(236, 216, 158)
RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.8471, 0.6196
RGB percentages92.5%, 84.7%, 62%
HSLhsl(44.6, 67.2%, 77.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(44.6, 33.1%, 92.5%)
CMYK0%, 8.5%, 33.1%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,521,950
CSS custom property--colour: #ECD89E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69413WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness216.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.88:1
Contrast with white1.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8
Inverted#132761

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E5D69Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#EADCA0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original
Tritanopia#F8CFC9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.41:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 7.4Navajo white · ΔE 7.5Moccasin · ΔE 8Wheat · ΔE 8.2Burlywood · ΔE 13Peach puff · ΔE 14.2
Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 7.36, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9EB2EC
Analogous#ECB19E, #D9EC9E
Triadic#9EECD8, #D89EEC
Split complementary#9ED9EC, #B19EEC
Tetradic#9EECB1, #9EB2EC, #EC9ED9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FDFAF3
Lighter +10%#F4E9C9
Darker −10%#E4C773
Darker −20%#DBB649
Darker −30%#CAA027
Darker −40%#9F7E1F
More saturated +25%#FBDF90
Less saturated −25%#DED1AD

Channel breakdown

R236
G216
B158
Red236 (92.5%)
Green216 (84.7%)
Blue158 (62%)
Hue44.62°
Saturation (HSL)67.24%
Lightness77.25%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EC · G D8 · B 9E

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