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Recognised as Colour

#F4AD72

  • #F4AD72
  • Orange
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sandy brown

#F4AD72 is a orange with RGB values 244, 173, 114 and HSL 27°, 86%, 70%. 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

#F4AD72#F4AD72
HEX#F4AD72
RGBrgb(244, 173, 114)
RGB (0–1)0.9569, 0.6784, 0.4471
RGB percentages95.7%, 67.8%, 44.7%
HSLhsl(27.2, 85.5%, 70.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(27.2, 53.3%, 95.7%)
CMYK0%, 29.1%, 53.3%, 4.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,035,186
CSS custom property--colour: #F4AD72;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50335WCAG 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 11.07:1
Contrast with white1.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B8B8B8
Inverted#0B528D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C3B36Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#D3C273no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.5 from the original
Tritanopia#FF9E9Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.5 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 text11.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 7.5Light salmon · ΔE 13.3Burlywood · ΔE 16.4Peru · ΔE 16.4Dark salmon · ΔE 16.6Tan · ΔE 21.7
Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 7.53, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#72B9F4
Analogous#F47278, #F4EE72
Triadic#72F4AD, #AD72F4
Split complementary#72F4EE, #7278F4
Tetradic#78F472, #72B9F4, #EE72F4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FBE4D1
Lighter +10%#F8C9A1
Darker −10%#F09143
Darker −20%#ED7613
Darker −30%#BE5E0F
Darker −40%#8F470B
More saturated +25%#FFAC67
Less saturated −25%#E1AF85

Channel breakdown

R244
G173
B114
Red244 (95.7%)
Green173 (67.8%)
Blue114 (44.7%)
Hue27.23°
Saturation (HSL)85.53%
Lightness70.2%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR F4 · G AD · B 72

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