Recognised as Colour

#EFB157

#EFB157
Orange
Light
Nearest: Sandy brown

#EFB157 is a orange with RGB values 239, 177, 87 and HSL 36°, 83%, 64%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sandy brown.

Colour values

#EFB157#EFB157

HEX#EFB157

RGBrgb(239, 177, 87)

RGB (0–1)0.9373, 0.6941, 0.3412

RGB percentages93.7%, 69.4%, 34.1%

HSLhsl(35.5, 82.6%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(35.5, 63.6%, 93.7%)

CMYK0%, 25.9%, 63.6%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,708,503

CSS custom property--colour: #EFB157;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50483WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness190.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.1:1

Contrast with white1.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.1:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B8B8B8

Inverted#104EA8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C8B44Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#D6C259no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FFA19Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.89:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.1:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 12 Goldenrod · ΔE 16.7 Peru · ΔE 17.6 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 19.7 Burlywood · ΔE 24.6 Light salmon · ΔE 26.4

Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 12.05, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5795EF

Analogous#EF6557, #E1EF57

Triadic#57EFB1, #B157EF

Split complementary#57E1EF, #6557EF

Tetradic#57EF65, #5795EF, #EF57E1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FCF2E3

Lighter +20%#F8DCB4

Lighter +10%#F3C786

Darker −10%#EB9B28

Darker −20%#CD8113

Darker −30%#9E640F

Darker −40%#6F460B

More saturated +25%#FFB447

Less saturated −25%#D8AD6E

Channel breakdown

R239

G177

B87

Red239 (93.7%)

Green177 (69.4%)

Blue87 (34.1%)

Hue35.53°

Saturation (HSL)82.61%

Lightness63.92%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EF · G B1 · B 57

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