Recognised as Colour

#EF6517

#EF6517
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Chocolate

#EF6517 is a orange with RGB values 239, 101, 23 and HSL 22°, 87%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Chocolate.

Colour values

#EF6517#EF6517

HEX#EF6517

RGBrgb(239, 101, 23)

RGB (0–1)0.9373, 0.3961, 0.0902

RGB percentages93.7%, 39.6%, 9%

HSLhsl(21.7, 87.1%, 51.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(21.7, 90.4%, 93.7%)

CMYK0%, 57.7%, 90.4%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,688,983

CSS custom property--colour: #EF6517;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2772WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness152.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.54:1

Contrast with white3.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.54:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7D7D7D

Inverted#109AE8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8D7C00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 55.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#AF9B0Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55.8 from the original

Tritanopia#FF4258no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.21:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Chocolate · ΔE 15.1 Coral · ΔE 18.5 Orange red · ΔE 18.7 Tomato · ΔE 19.2 Dark orange · ΔE 20.2 Red · ΔE 31

Nearest named CSS colourChocolate (#D2691E)ΔE 15.11, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#17A1EF

Analogous#EF1735, #EFD117

Triadic#17EF65, #6517EF

Split complementary#17EFD1, #1735EF

Tetradic#35EF17, #17A1EF, #D117EF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FCE4D6

Lighter +30%#F9C4A6

Lighter +20%#F6A476

Lighter +10%#F28547

Darker −10%#C5500E

Darker −20%#963D0A

Darker −30%#662907

Darker −40%#361604

More saturated +25%#FF6107

Less saturated −25%#D06E36

Channel breakdown

R239

G101

B23

Red239 (93.7%)

Green101 (39.6%)

Blue23 (9%)

Hue21.67°

Saturation (HSL)87.1%

Lightness51.37%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EF · G 65 · B 17

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