Colour

#EDAA79

#EDAA79
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Light salmon

#EDAA79 is a orange with RGB values 237, 170, 121 and HSL 25°, 76%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light salmon.

Colour values

#EDAA79#EDAA79

HEX#EDAA79

RGBrgb(237, 170, 121)

RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.6667, 0.4745

RGB percentages92.9%, 66.7%, 47.5%

HSLhsl(25.3, 76.3%, 70.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(25.3, 48.9%, 92.9%)

CMYK0%, 28.3%, 48.9%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,575,673

CSS custom property--colour: #EDAA79;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48134WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness188.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.63:1

Contrast with white1.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B5B5B5

Inverted#125586

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BEB075no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#CDBE79no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.6 from the original

Tritanopia#FF9D9Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.98:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light salmon · ΔE 12.4 Sandy brown · ΔE 12.5 Dark salmon · ΔE 12.7 Burlywood · ΔE 13.1 Tan · ΔE 17.5 Peru · ΔE 18.6

Nearest named CSS colourLight salmon (#FFA07A)ΔE 12.44, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#79BCED

Analogous#ED7982, #EDE479

Triadic#79EDAA, #AA79ED

Split complementary#79EDE4, #7982ED

Tetradic#82ED79, #79BCED, #E479ED

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F9E3D3

Lighter +10%#F3C7A6

Darker −10%#E78D4C

Darker −20%#E1711F

Darker −30%#B55A18

Darker −40%#884412

More saturated +25%#FFA767

Less saturated −25%#DAAD8C

Channel breakdown

R237

G170

B121

Red237 (92.9%)

Green170 (66.7%)

Blue121 (47.5%)

Hue25.34°

Saturation (HSL)76.32%

Lightness70.2%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR ED · G AA · B 79

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Colour values

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