Recognised as Colour

#F9BD70

#F9BD70
Orange
Light
Nearest: Sandy brown

#F9BD70 is a orange with RGB values 249, 189, 112 and HSL 34°, 92%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sandy brown.

Colour values

#F9BD70#F9BD70

HEX#F9BD70

RGBrgb(249, 189, 112)

RGB (0–1)0.9765, 0.7412, 0.4392

RGB percentages97.6%, 74.1%, 43.9%

HSLhsl(33.7, 91.9%, 70.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(33.7, 55%, 97.6%)

CMYK0%, 24.1%, 55%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,366,960

CSS custom property--colour: #F9BD70;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57705WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness202.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.54:1

Contrast with white1.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C4C4C4

Inverted#06428F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D2C069no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#E0CE72no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FFAEABno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.67:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 11.9 Burlywood · ΔE 18.3 Peru · ΔE 20.6 Navajo white · ΔE 22.6 Light salmon · ΔE 22.9 Khaki · ΔE 24.2

Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 11.94, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#70ACF9

Analogous#F97870, #F1F970

Triadic#70F9BD, #BD70F9

Split complementary#70F1F9, #7970F9

Tetradic#70F979, #70ACF9, #F970F1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FDEAD2

Lighter +10%#FBD4A1

Darker −10%#F7A63F

Darker −20%#F5900E

Darker −30%#C87408

Darker −40%#975706

More saturated +25%#FFBE6A

Less saturated −25%#E6BB83

Channel breakdown

R249

G189

B112

Red249 (97.6%)

Green189 (74.1%)

Blue112 (43.9%)

Hue33.72°

Saturation (HSL)91.95%

Lightness70.78%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F9 · G BD · B 70

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