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Recognised as Colour

#F8A44F

  • #F8A44F
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sandy brown

#F8A44F is a orange with RGB values 248, 164, 79 and HSL 30°, 92%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sandy brown.

Colour values

#F8A44F#F8A44F
HEX#F8A44F
RGBrgb(248, 164, 79)
RGB (0–1)0.9725, 0.6431, 0.3098
RGB percentages97.3%, 64.3%, 31%
HSLhsl(30.2, 92.3%, 64.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(30.2, 68.1%, 97.3%)
CMYK0%, 33.9%, 68.1%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,294,991
CSS custom property--colour: #F8A44F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47072WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness186.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.41:1
Contrast with white2.02:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B0B0B0
Inverted#075BB0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BEAB46no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#D2BE50no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.7 from the original
Tritanopia#FF9191no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.02:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 8.7Peru · ΔE 14.7Goldenrod · ΔE 20.4Dark goldenrod · ΔE 21.6Light salmon · ΔE 22.3Chocolate · ΔE 22.7
Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 8.67, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4FA3F8
Analogous#F84F4F, #F8F84F
Triadic#4FF8A4, #A44FF8
Split complementary#4FF8F8, #4F4FF8
Tetradic#4FF84F, #4FA3F8, #F84FF8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEF0E2
Lighter +20%#FCD7B1
Lighter +10%#FABD80
Darker −10%#F68B1E
Darker −20%#D87109
Darker −30%#A75707
Darker −40%#763E05
More saturated +25%#FFA448
Less saturated −25%#E1A466

Channel breakdown

R248
G164
B79
Red248 (97.3%)
Green164 (64.3%)
Blue79 (31%)
Hue30.18°
Saturation (HSL)92.35%
Lightness64.12%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR F8 · G A4 · B 4F

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