Recognised as Colour

#EFA079

#EFA079
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Dark salmon

#EFA079 is a orange with RGB values 239, 160, 121 and HSL 20°, 79%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark salmon.

Colour values

#EFA079#EFA079

HEX#EFA079

RGBrgb(239, 160, 121)

RGB (0–1)0.9373, 0.6275, 0.4745

RGB percentages93.7%, 62.7%, 47.5%

HSLhsl(19.8, 78.7%, 70.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(19.8, 49.4%, 93.7%)

CMYK0%, 33.1%, 49.4%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,704,185

CSS custom property--colour: #EFA079;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44873WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness183.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.97:1

Contrast with white2.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.97:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#AEAEAE

Inverted#105F86

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B5A976no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#C8B979no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FF9296no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.11:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark salmon · ΔE 6.2 Light salmon · ΔE 7 Sandy brown · ΔE 14.7 Burlywood · ΔE 18.7 Peru · ΔE 19.5 Salmon · ΔE 21.1

Nearest named CSS colourDark salmon (#E9967A)ΔE 6.22, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#79C8EF

Analogous#EF798D, #EFDB79

Triadic#79EFA0, #A079EF

Split complementary#79EFDB, #798DEF

Tetradic#8DEF79, #79C8EF, #DB79EF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FAE1D4

Lighter +10%#F4C0A7

Darker −10%#EA804B

Darker −20%#E45F1E

Darker −30%#B94C16

Darker −40%#8B3911

More saturated +25%#FF9B69

Less saturated −25%#DCA68C

Channel breakdown

R239

G160

B121

Red239 (93.7%)

Green160 (62.7%)

Blue121 (47.5%)

Hue19.83°

Saturation (HSL)78.67%

Lightness70.59%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EF · G A0 · B 79

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Colour values

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