Colour

#EEC163

#EEC163
Orange
Light
Nearest: Goldenrod

#EEC163 is a orange with RGB values 238, 193, 99 and HSL 41°, 80%, 66%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

#EEC163#EEC163

HEX#EEC163

RGBrgb(238, 193, 99)

RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0.7569, 0.3882

RGB percentages93.3%, 75.7%, 38.8%

HSLhsl(40.6, 80.3%, 66.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(40.6, 58.4%, 93.3%)

CMYK0%, 18.9%, 58.4%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,647,075

CSS custom property--colour: #EEC163;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57218WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness199.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.44:1

Contrast with white1.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.44:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C4C4C4

Inverted#113E9C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D5C05Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#E0CC66no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FFB2ACno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.69:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 19 Khaki · ΔE 19.2 Sandy brown · ΔE 19.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 20.7 Burlywood · ΔE 22.9 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 23.8

Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 18.97, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6390EE

Analogous#EE7C63, #D5EE63

Triadic#63EEC1, #C163EE

Split complementary#63D5EE, #7C63EE

Tetradic#63EE7C, #6390EE, #EE63D5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FDF8ED

Lighter +20%#F8E6BF

Lighter +10%#F3D391

Darker −10%#E9AF35

Darker −20%#D49717

Darker −30%#A67612

Darker −40%#78550D

More saturated +25%#FFC752

Less saturated −25%#D8B979

Channel breakdown

R238

G193

B99

Red238 (93.3%)

Green193 (75.7%)

Blue99 (38.8%)

Hue40.58°

Saturation (HSL)80.35%

Lightness66.08%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EE · G C1 · B 63

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