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Recognised as Colour

#EDB997

  • #EDB997
  • Orange
  • Light
  • Nearest: Burlywood

#EDB997 is a orange with RGB values 237, 185, 151 and HSL 24°, 70%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Burlywood.

Colour values

#EDB997#EDB997
HEX#EDB997
RGBrgb(237, 185, 151)
RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.7255, 0.5922
RGB percentages92.9%, 72.5%, 59.2%
HSLhsl(23.7, 70.5%, 76.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(23.7, 36.3%, 92.9%)
CMYK0%, 21.9%, 36.3%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,579,543
CSS custom property--colour: #EDB997;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54937WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness198.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.99:1
Contrast with white1.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2
Inverted#124668

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C8BD95no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#D4C897no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.7 from the original
Tritanopia#FCAFB0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.75:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Burlywood · ΔE 9.3Tan · ΔE 10.1Peach puff · ΔE 12.5Navajo white · ΔE 15.2Wheat · ΔE 16.4Dark salmon · ΔE 17
Nearest named CSS colourBurlywood (#DEB887)ΔE 9.31, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#97CBED
Analogous#ED97A0, #EDE497
Triadic#97EDB9, #B997ED
Split complementary#97EDE4, #97A0ED
Tetradic#A0ED97, #97CBED, #E497ED

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FCF4EE
Lighter +10%#F5D6C2
Darker −10%#E59C6C
Darker −20%#DE7E40
Darker −30%#C86423
Darker −40%#9D4E1B
More saturated +25%#FCB688
Less saturated −25%#DEBCA6

Channel breakdown

R237
G185
B151
Red237 (92.9%)
Green185 (72.5%)
Blue151 (59.2%)
Hue23.72°
Saturation (HSL)70.49%
Lightness76.08%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR ED · G B9 · B 97

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