Recognised as Colour

#F27C08

#F27C08
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Dark orange

#F27C08 is a orange with RGB values 242, 124, 8 and HSL 30°, 94%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orange.

Colour values

#F27C08#F27C08

HEX#F27C08

RGBrgb(242, 124, 8)

RGB (0–1)0.949, 0.4863, 0.0314

RGB percentages94.9%, 48.6%, 3.1%

HSLhsl(29.7, 93.6%, 49%)

HSV / HSBhsv(29.7, 96.7%, 94.9%)

CMYK0%, 48.8%, 96.7%, 5.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,891,464

CSS custom property--colour: #F27C08;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3331WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness162.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.66:1

Contrast with white2.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.66:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#8D8D8D

Inverted#0D83F7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9F8C00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#BBA702no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.7 from the original

Tritanopia#FF616Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.74:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark orange · ΔE 7.9 Chocolate · ΔE 16.2 Orange · ΔE 20.9 Coral · ΔE 23.6 Orange red · ΔE 28.8 Peru · ΔE 29.1

Nearest named CSS colourDark orange (#FF8C00)ΔE 7.85, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#087EF2

Analogous#F20809, #F2F108

Triadic#08F27C, #7C08F2

Split complementary#08F2F1, #0809F2

Tetradic#09F208, #087EF2, #F108F2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FDE3C9

Lighter +30%#FCC997

Lighter +20%#FAAF66

Lighter +10%#F89635

Darker −10%#C16306

Darker −20%#8F4905

Darker −30%#5E3003

Darker −40%#2D1701

More saturated +25%#FA7C00

Less saturated −25%#D37C27

Channel breakdown

R242

G124

Red242 (94.9%)

Green124 (48.6%)

Blue8 (3.1%)

Hue29.74°

Saturation (HSL)93.6%

Lightness49.02%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F2 · G 7C · B 08

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