Colour

#F4A460

#F4A460
Orange
Dark
Named: Sandy brown

#F4A460 is the CSS colour orange with RGB values 244, 164, 96 and HSL 28°, 87%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sandy brown.

Colour values

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HEX#F4A460

RGBrgb(244, 164, 96)

RGB (0–1)0.9569, 0.6431, 0.3765

RGB percentages95.7%, 64.3%, 37.6%

HSLhsl(27.6, 87.1%, 66.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(27.6, 60.7%, 95.7%)

CMYK0%, 32.8%, 60.7%, 4.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,032,864

CSS custom property--colour: #F4A460;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46629WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness186.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.33:1

Contrast with white2.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B0B0B0

Inverted#0B5B9F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BCAB5Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#CFBD61no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.6 from the original

Tritanopia#FF9394no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.03:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 0 Peru · ΔE 12.4 Light salmon · ΔE 14.9 Dark salmon · ΔE 20.2 Coral · ΔE 23.3 Burlywood · ΔE 23.4

This is a named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)exact match

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usablesandybrown

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#60B0F4

Analogous#F46066, #F4EE60

Triadic#60F4A4, #A460F4

Split complementary#60F4EE, #6066F4

Tetradic#66F460, #60B0F4, #EE60F4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FEF6EF

Lighter +20%#FBDBBF

Lighter +10%#F7BF90

Darker −10%#F18930

Darker −20%#DF6F0F

Darker −30%#AF570C

Darker −40%#7F3F09

More saturated +25%#FFA355

Less saturated −25%#DFA675

Channel breakdown

R244

G164

B96

Red244 (95.7%)

Green164 (64.3%)

Blue96 (37.6%)

Hue27.57°

Saturation (HSL)87.06%

Lightness66.67%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F4 · G A4 · B 60

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