Information about #E29255 color

#E29255 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#E29255 falls into the Orange Color FamilyHigh Saturation, Very Light brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(226, 146, 85) — 88.6% red, 57.3% green, 33.3% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 0 / 31 / 55 / 11. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A strongly colored amber-leaning orange, #E29255 has a delicate, washed-out lightness. Designers typically reach for tones like this for airy backdrops, whitespace-heavy designs and gentle gradients. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Jasper Orange (#DE8F4E). Slightly further away sit Big Foot Feet (#E88E5A) and Persian Orange (#D99058).

In RGB terms — rgb(226, 146, 85) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 8.5:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 2.5:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #E29255 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#E29255 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#E29255 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #E29255

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#E29255
  • RGB226, 146, 85
  • CMYK0, 31, 55, 11
  • CSSrgb(226, 146, 85)
  • HSL26°, 71%, 61%
  • HSL Precise25.957°, 70.854%, 60.98%
  • HSV26°, 62%, 89%
  • HSB26°, 62%, 89%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.886
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.573
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.333
  • GLSLvec3(0.886, 0.573, 0.333)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.886, 0.573, 0.333, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.886, 0.573, 0.333)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB88.6%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB57.3%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB33.3%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDE29255
  • DECIMAL ID14848597
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers19 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01