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Recognised as Colour

#ED9C69

  • #ED9C69
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light salmon

#ED9C69 is a orange with RGB values 237, 156, 105 and HSL 23°, 79%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light salmon.

Colour values

#ED9C69#ED9C69
HEX#ED9C69
RGBrgb(237, 156, 105)
RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.6118, 0.4118
RGB percentages92.9%, 61.2%, 41.2%
HSLhsl(23.2, 78.6%, 67.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(23.2, 55.7%, 92.9%)
CMYK0%, 34.2%, 55.7%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,572,073
CSS custom property--colour: #ED9C69;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42801WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness179.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.56:1
Contrast with white2.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA
Inverted#126396

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B3A465no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#C6B669no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30 from the original
Tritanopia#FF8C90no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.2:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light salmon · ΔE 8.4Sandy brown · ΔE 8.5Dark salmon · ΔE 11.7Peru · ΔE 13.7Burlywood · ΔE 20.9Coral · ΔE 22.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight salmon (#FFA07A)ΔE 8.41, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#69BAED
Analogous#ED6978, #EDDE69
Triadic#69ED9C, #9C69ED
Split complementary#69EDDE, #6978ED
Tetradic#78ED69, #69BAED, #DE69ED

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FDF6F2
Lighter +20%#F8D8C4
Lighter +10%#F2BA97
Darker −10%#E87E3B
Darker −20%#D6631A
Darker −30%#A94E14
Darker −40%#7B390F
More saturated +25%#FF9857
Less saturated −25%#D8A17E

Channel breakdown

R237
G156
B105
Red237 (92.9%)
Green156 (61.2%)
Blue105 (41.2%)
Hue23.18°
Saturation (HSL)78.57%
Lightness67.06%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR ED · G 9C · B 69

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