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Orderly Algarve

#ebcf95
Notes

Orderly Algarve (#EBCF95) is a soft amber with a warm character. It leans warm, pulling light toward red, orange, and yellow. Naturally inviting, it suits editorial and hospitality contexts. Its HSL profile (40°, 68%, 75%) places it in the balanced band at a light lightness. It works as a background wash, large-area fill, or soft illustration tone. Add a darker ink of the same hue when you need type over it. For a confident two-color system, pair it with its complementary azure. For something softer, pull in its analogous neighbors on either side of the wheel.

HEX
#ebcf95
RGB
rgb(235, 207, 149)
HSL
hsl(40, 68%, 75%)
HWB
hwb(40 58% 8%)
OKLCH
oklch(86.5% 0.081 85.0)
HSV
hsv(40, 37%, 92%)
LAB
lab(84.20% 1.71 32.45)
LCH
lch(84.20% 32.49 86.98)
CMYK
cmyk(0%, 12%, 37%, 8%)

Etymology

Orderly
adjective

Latin ōrdō, order — adjectival suffix -ly. As a color modifier, orderly implies a clear-and-arranged-and-organized quality where the hue carries the visual register of carefully-ordered-and-classified placement. Sits at the crisp-and-orderly end of the grid, parallel to methodical and organized in usage.

Algarve
noun

The southernmost Portuguese region — and the warm tan of Algarve limestone cliffs and the sandy beaches of Praia da Marinha. Algarve refers to the Atlantic-facing limestone cliffs at midday: a soft, slightly cool warm cream-tan with the matte finish of weathered Cenozoic limestone. The Portuguese cousin of Cotswold.

Closest matches

The nearest named color in three reference sources, ranked by perceptual distance (ΔE76 in CIELAB). ΔE < 1 is imperceptible to most viewers; ΔE > 10 is clearly different. When two sources point to the same hex they’re merged into one tile; click any to open that color’s page.

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Color-vision simulation

How this color appears to viewers with the four major color-vision-deficiency types. Computed via the Machado (2009) physiologically-based model. If a tile matches the original, the color reads the same to that viewer.

#ebcf95
Original
#ddce91
Protanopia
#e4d597
Deuteranopia
#f8c5c0
Tritanopia
#d1d1d1
Achromatopsia
WCAG contrast

The color used as foreground text against pure white and pure black, with the contrast ratio and WCAG 2.1 grade. Aim for AA (4.5:1) for body text and AA Large (3:1) for 18 pt+ headlines; AAA (7:1) is the gold standard for long-form reading surfaces.

The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
Failon White
1.51:1
The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
AAAon Black
13.89:1

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