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Colour

#EEAA66

  • #EEAA66
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sandy brown

#EEAA66 is a orange with RGB values 238, 170, 102 and HSL 30°, 80%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sandy brown.

Colour values

#EEAA66#EEAA66
HEX#EEAA66
HEX (short)#EA6
RGBrgb(238, 170, 102)
RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0.6667, 0.4
RGB percentages93.3%, 66.7%, 40%
HSLhsl(30, 80%, 66.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(30, 57.1%, 93.3%)
CMYK0%, 28.6%, 57.1%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,641,190
CSS custom property--colour: #EEAA66;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47886WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness187.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.58:1
Contrast with white1.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B4B4B4
Inverted#115599

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C0AF60no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#D0BE67no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23 from the original
Tritanopia#FF9B9Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.99:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 5.7Peru · ΔE 13.9Light salmon · ΔE 16.9Burlywood · ΔE 18.3Dark salmon · ΔE 20.4Tan · ΔE 23.9
Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 5.69, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#66AAEE
Analogous#EE6666, #EEEE66
Triadic#66EEAA, #AA66EE
Split complementary#66EEEE, #6666EE
Tetradic#66EE66, #66AAEE, #EE66EE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FDF7F0
Lighter +20%#F8DDC2
Lighter +10%#F3C494
Darker −10%#E99138
Darker −20%#D67718
Darker −30%#A85E13
Darker −40%#7A440E
More saturated +25%#FFAA55
Less saturated −25%#D9AA7B

Channel breakdown

R238
G170
B102
Red238 (93.3%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue102 (40%)
Hue30°
Saturation (HSL)80%
Lightness66.67%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EE · G AA · B 66

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