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Recognised as Colour

#EEC37E

  • #EEC37E
  • Orange
  • Light
  • Nearest: Burlywood

#EEC37E is a orange with RGB values 238, 195, 126 and HSL 37°, 77%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Burlywood.

Colour values

#EEC37E#EEC37E
HEX#EEC37E
RGBrgb(238, 195, 126)
RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0.7647, 0.4941
RGB percentages93.3%, 76.5%, 49.4%
HSLhsl(37, 76.7%, 71.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(37, 47.1%, 93.3%)
CMYK0%, 18.1%, 47.1%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,647,614
CSS custom property--colour: #EEC37E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58714WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness202.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.74:1
Contrast with white1.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C7C7C7
Inverted#113C81

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D5C379no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#DFCE80no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.6 from the original
Tritanopia#FEB7B2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.65:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Burlywood · ΔE 11.1Navajo white · ΔE 15.2Tan · ΔE 17.1Dark khaki · ΔE 17.4Moccasin · ΔE 18Khaki · ΔE 18.8
Nearest named CSS colourBurlywood (#DEB887)ΔE 11.09, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7EA9EE
Analogous#EE8B7E, #E1EE7E
Triadic#7EEEC3, #C37EEE
Split complementary#7EE1EE, #8B7EEE
Tetradic#7EEE8B, #7EA9EE, #EE7EE1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FAEDD8
Lighter +10%#F4D8AB
Darker −10%#E8AE51
Darker −20%#E29924
Darker −30%#BA7C19
Darker −40%#8D5E13
More saturated +25%#FFC76D
Less saturated −25%#DCBF90

Channel breakdown

R238
G195
B126
Red238 (93.3%)
Green195 (76.5%)
Blue126 (49.4%)
Hue36.96°
Saturation (HSL)76.71%
Lightness71.37%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EE · G C3 · B 7E

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