Recognised as Colour

#EEC571

#EEC571
Orange
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EEC571 is a orange with RGB values 238, 197, 113 and HSL 40°, 79%, 69%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#EEC571#EEC571

HEX#EEC571

RGBrgb(238, 197, 113)

RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0.7725, 0.4431

RGB percentages93.3%, 77.3%, 44.3%

HSLhsl(40.3, 78.6%, 68.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(40.3, 52.5%, 93.3%)

CMYK0%, 17.2%, 52.5%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,648,113

CSS custom property--colour: #EEC571;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59302WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness202.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.86:1

Contrast with white1.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8

Inverted#113A8E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D8C46Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#E2CF74no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FFB8B1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.63:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 16.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 17.5 Burlywood · ΔE 17.9 Sandy brown · ΔE 20 Navajo white · ΔE 20.8 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 22.3

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 16.34, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#719AEE

Analogous#EE8671, #D9EE71

Triadic#71EEC5, #C571EE

Split complementary#71D9EE, #8671EE

Tetradic#71EE86, #719AEE, #EE71D9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FEFDFA

Lighter +20%#F9EACC

Lighter +10%#F3D89F

Darker −10%#E9B243

Darker −20%#DE9E1B

Darker −30%#B17E15

Darker −40%#835D10

More saturated +25%#FFCB60

Less saturated −25%#DABE85

Channel breakdown

R238

G197

B113

Red238 (93.3%)

Green197 (77.3%)

Blue113 (44.3%)

Hue40.32°

Saturation (HSL)78.62%

Lightness68.82%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EE · G C5 · B 71

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