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Recognised as Colour

#F09A74

  • #F09A74
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light salmon

#F09A74 is a orange with RGB values 240, 154, 116 and HSL 18°, 81%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light salmon.

Colour values

#F09A74#F09A74
HEX#F09A74
RGBrgb(240, 154, 116)
RGB (0–1)0.9412, 0.6039, 0.4549
RGB percentages94.1%, 60.4%, 45.5%
HSLhsl(18.4, 80.5%, 69.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(18.4, 51.7%, 94.1%)
CMYK0%, 35.8%, 51.7%, 5.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,768,180
CSS custom property--colour: #F09A74;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42897WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness180.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.58:1
Contrast with white2.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA
Inverted#0F658B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B1A471no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#C5B673no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.6 from the original
Tritanopia#FF8B90no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.19:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light salmon · ΔE 4.7Dark salmon · ΔE 5.8Sandy brown · ΔE 14.7Salmon · ΔE 18Peru · ΔE 18.9Light coral · ΔE 20.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight salmon (#FFA07A)ΔE 4.74, a close match
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#74CAF0
Analogous#F0748C, #F0D874
Triadic#74F09A, #9A74F0
Split complementary#74F0D8, #748CF0
Tetradic#8CF074, #74CAF0, #D874F0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFEFE
Lighter +20%#FADDD0
Lighter +10%#F5BBA2
Darker −10%#EB7946
Darker −20%#E55719
Darker −30%#B74614
Darker −40%#89340F
More saturated +25%#FF9465
Less saturated −25%#DDA187

Channel breakdown

R240
G154
B116
Red240 (94.1%)
Green154 (60.4%)
Blue116 (45.5%)
Hue18.39°
Saturation (HSL)80.52%
Lightness69.8%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR F0 · G 9A · B 74

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