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Recognised as Colour

#ED8D00

  • #ED8D00
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orange

#ED8D00 is a orange with RGB values 237, 141, 0 and HSL 36°, 100%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orange.

Colour values

#ED8D00#ED8D00
HEX#ED8D00
RGBrgb(237, 141, 0)
RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.5529, 0
RGB percentages92.9%, 55.3%, 0%
HSLhsl(35.7, 100%, 46.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(35.7, 100%, 92.9%)
CMYK0%, 40.5%, 100%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,568,128
CSS custom property--colour: #ED8D00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37054WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness168.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.41:1
Contrast with white2.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#979797
Inverted#1272FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AB9600no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#C2AD05no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.9 from the original
Tritanopia#FF7678no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.5:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark orange · ΔE 8.5Orange · ΔE 10.9Goldenrod · ΔE 21.2Chocolate · ΔE 21.4Dark goldenrod · ΔE 23.1Peru · ΔE 26.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark orange (#FF8C00)ΔE 8.53, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#0060ED
Analogous#ED1600, #D7ED00
Triadic#00ED8D, #8D00ED
Split complementary#00D7ED, #1600ED
Tetradic#00ED16, #0060ED, #ED00D7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFE3BA
Lighter +30%#FFCE87
Lighter +20%#FFBA54
Lighter +10%#FFA521
Darker −10%#BA6F00
Darker −20%#875000
Darker −30%#543200
Darker −40%#211400
More saturated +25%#ED8D00
Less saturated −25%#CF871E

Channel breakdown

R237
G141
B0
Red237 (92.9%)
Green141 (55.3%)
Blue0 (0%)
Hue35.7°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness46.47%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR ED · G 8D · B 00

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