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Recognised as Colour

#F0AE78

  • #F0AE78
  • Orange
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sandy brown

#F0AE78 is a orange with RGB values 240, 174, 120 and HSL 27°, 80%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sandy brown.

Colour values

#F0AE78#F0AE78
HEX#F0AE78
RGBrgb(240, 174, 120)
RGB (0–1)0.9412, 0.6824, 0.4706
RGB percentages94.1%, 68.2%, 47.1%
HSLhsl(27, 80%, 70.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(27, 50%, 94.1%)
CMYK0%, 27.5%, 50%, 5.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,773,304
CSS custom property--colour: #F0AE78;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50153WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness191.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.03:1
Contrast with white1.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B8B8B8
Inverted#0F5187

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C2B374no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#D2C279no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.7 from the original
Tritanopia#FFA0A0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.9:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 11.1Burlywood · ΔE 13.1Light salmon · ΔE 13.8Dark salmon · ΔE 15.2Tan · ΔE 18.2Peru · ΔE 18.3
Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 11.1, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#78BAF0
Analogous#F0787E, #F0EA78
Triadic#78F0AE, #AE78F0
Split complementary#78F0EA, #787EF0
Tetradic#7EF078, #78BAF0, #EA78F0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FAE5D4
Lighter +10%#F5CAA6
Darker −10%#EB924A
Darker −20%#E6771C
Darker −30%#BA5F15
Darker −40%#8C4810
More saturated +25%#FFAC69
Less saturated −25%#DDB08B

Channel breakdown

R240
G174
B120
Red240 (94.1%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue120 (47.1%)
Hue27°
Saturation (HSL)80%
Lightness70.59%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR F0 · G AE · B 78

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