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Recognised as Colour

#EE9869

  • #EE9869
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light salmon

#EE9869 is a orange with RGB values 238, 152, 105 and HSL 21°, 80%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light salmon.

Colour values

#EE9869#EE9869
HEX#EE9869
RGBrgb(238, 152, 105)
RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0.5961, 0.4118
RGB percentages93.3%, 59.6%, 41.2%
HSLhsl(21.2, 79.6%, 67.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(21.2, 55.9%, 93.3%)
CMYK0%, 36.1%, 55.9%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,636,585
CSS custom property--colour: #EE9869;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41654WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.33:1
Contrast with white2.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7
Inverted#116796

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B0A165no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#C4B469no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.3 from the original
Tritanopia#FF888Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.25:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light salmon · ΔE 6.6Dark salmon · ΔE 10.3Sandy brown · ΔE 10.5Peru · ΔE 14.7Salmon · ΔE 20Coral · ΔE 20.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight salmon (#FFA07A)ΔE 6.57, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#69BFEE
Analogous#EE697C, #EEDB69
Triadic#69EE98, #9869EE
Split complementary#69EEDB, #697CEE
Tetradic#7DEE69, #69BFEE, #DB69EE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEF6F2
Lighter +20%#F8D7C5
Lighter +10%#F3B797
Darker −10%#E9793B
Darker −20%#D85C19
Darker −30%#AB4913
Darker −40%#7D350E
More saturated +25%#FF9358
Less saturated −25%#D99E7E

Channel breakdown

R238
G152
B105
Red238 (93.3%)
Green152 (59.6%)
Blue105 (41.2%)
Hue21.2°
Saturation (HSL)79.64%
Lightness67.25%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EE · G 98 · B 69

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