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Recognised as Colour

#F4AE68

  • #F4AE68
  • Orange
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sandy brown

#F4AE68 is a orange with RGB values 244, 174, 104 and HSL 30°, 86%, 68%. 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

#F4AE68#F4AE68
HEX#F4AE68
RGBrgb(244, 174, 104)
RGB (0–1)0.9569, 0.6824, 0.4078
RGB percentages95.7%, 68.2%, 40.8%
HSLhsl(30, 86.4%, 68.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(30, 57.4%, 95.7%)
CMYK0%, 28.7%, 57.4%, 4.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,035,432
CSS custom property--colour: #F4AE68;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50505WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness191.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.1:1
Contrast with white1.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.1:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B8B8B8
Inverted#0B5197

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C4B362no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#D5C369no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.8 from the original
Tritanopia#FF9E9Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.6 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 text11.1:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 5.4Peru · ΔE 15.1Light salmon · ΔE 17.3Burlywood · ΔE 19.3Dark salmon · ΔE 21.5Tan · ΔE 25.1
Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 5.4, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#68AEF4
Analogous#F46868, #F4F468
Triadic#68F4AE, #AE68F4
Split complementary#68F4F4, #6868F4
Tetradic#68F468, #68AEF4, #F468F4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEFBF7
Lighter +20%#FBE1C7
Lighter +10%#F7C798
Darker −10%#F19538
Darker −20%#E57B11
Darker −30%#B6620D
Darker −40%#86480A
More saturated +25%#FFAE5D
Less saturated −25%#E0AE7C

Channel breakdown

R244
G174
B104
Red244 (95.7%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue104 (40.8%)
Hue30°
Saturation (HSL)86.42%
Lightness68.24%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR F4 · G AE · B 68

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