Recognised as Colour

#F8DCB3

#F8DCB3
Orange
Light
Nearest: Wheat

#F8DCB3 is a orange with RGB values 248, 220, 179 and HSL 36°, 83%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Wheat.

Colour values

#F8DCB3#F8DCB3

HEX#F8DCB3

RGBrgb(248, 220, 179)

RGB (0–1)0.9725, 0.8627, 0.702

RGB percentages97.3%, 86.3%, 70.2%

HSLhsl(35.7, 83.1%, 83.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(35.7, 27.8%, 97.3%)

CMYK0%, 11.3%, 27.8%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,309,427

CSS custom property--colour: #F8DCB3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74398WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness224.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.88:1

Contrast with white1.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DFDFDF

Inverted#07234C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E8DCB0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#EEE3B4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD4D1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.32:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Wheat · ΔE 2.2 Moccasin · ΔE 3.9 Navajo white · ΔE 4.7 Peach puff · ΔE 5.2 Bisque · ΔE 5.6 Blanched almond · ΔE 8.4

Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 2.18, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B3CFF8

Analogous#F8BAB3, #F1F8B3

Triadic#B3F8DC, #DCB3F8

Split complementary#B3F1F8, #B9B3F8

Tetradic#B3F8BA, #B3CFF8, #F8B3F2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FCF2E2

Darker −10%#F4C684

Darker −20%#EFB156

Darker −30%#EB9B27

Darker −40%#CC8113

More saturated +25%#FFDDAC

Less saturated −25%#EEDABD

Channel breakdown

R248

G220

B179

Red248 (97.3%)

Green220 (86.3%)

Blue179 (70.2%)

Hue35.65°

Saturation (HSL)83.13%

Lightness83.73%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F8 · G DC · B B3

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Channel breakdown

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