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Recognised as Colour

#F0AF79

  • #F0AF79
  • Orange
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sandy brown

#F0AF79 is a orange with RGB values 240, 175, 121 and HSL 27°, 80%, 71%. 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

#F0AF79#F0AF79
HEX#F0AF79
RGBrgb(240, 175, 121)
RGB (0–1)0.9412, 0.6863, 0.4745
RGB percentages94.1%, 68.6%, 47.5%
HSLhsl(27.2, 79.9%, 70.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(27.2, 49.6%, 94.1%)
CMYK0%, 27.1%, 49.6%, 5.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,773,561
CSS custom property--colour: #F0AF79;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50566WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness192 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.11:1
Contrast with white1.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9
Inverted#0F5086

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C3B475no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#D2C27Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.1 from the original
Tritanopia#FFA2A1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.6 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 text11.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 11.5Burlywood · ΔE 12.6Light salmon · ΔE 14.2Dark salmon · ΔE 15.5Tan · ΔE 17.8Peru · ΔE 18.7
Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 11.52, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#79BAF0
Analogous#F0797E, #F0EA79
Triadic#79F0AF, #AF79F0
Split complementary#79F0EA, #797FF0
Tetradic#7FF079, #79BAF0, #EB79F0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FAE6D5
Lighter +10%#F5CAA7
Darker −10%#EB944B
Darker −20%#E6781D
Darker −30%#BB6015
Darker −40%#8D4910
More saturated +25%#FFAE6A
Less saturated −25%#DDB18C

Channel breakdown

R240
G175
B121
Red240 (94.1%)
Green175 (68.6%)
Blue121 (47.5%)
Hue27.23°
Saturation (HSL)79.87%
Lightness70.78%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR F0 · G AF · B 79

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