Recognised as Colour

#EED1A4

#EED1A4
Orange
Light
Nearest: Wheat

#EED1A4 is a orange with RGB values 238, 209, 164 and HSL 36°, 69%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Wheat.

Colour values

#EED1A4#EED1A4

HEX#EED1A4

RGBrgb(238, 209, 164)

RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0.8196, 0.6431

RGB percentages93.3%, 82%, 64.3%

HSLhsl(36.5, 68.5%, 78.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(36.5, 31.1%, 93.3%)

CMYK0%, 12.2%, 31.1%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,651,236

CSS custom property--colour: #EED1A4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.66458WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness213.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.29:1

Contrast with white1.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D4D4D4

Inverted#112E5B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DDD1A1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#E4D8A5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.4 from the original

Tritanopia#FAC9C5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.47:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Wheat · ΔE 5.1 Navajo white · ΔE 5.4 Moccasin · ΔE 6.6 Peach puff · ΔE 7.9 Burlywood · ΔE 9.7 Bisque · ΔE 9.8

Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 5.08, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A4C1EE

Analogous#EEACA4, #E6EEA4

Triadic#A4EED1, #D1A4EE

Split complementary#A4E6EE, #ACA4EE

Tetradic#A4EEAC, #A4C1EE, #EEA4E6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FEFCFA

Lighter +10%#F6E7CF

Darker −10%#E6BB79

Darker −20%#DEA64E

Darker −30%#D28F27

Darker −40%#A7721F

More saturated +25%#FCD497

Less saturated −25%#E1CEB2

Channel breakdown

R238

G209

B164

Red238 (93.3%)

Green209 (82%)

Blue164 (64.3%)

Hue36.49°

Saturation (HSL)68.52%

Lightness78.82%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EE · G D1 · B A4

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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