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Recognised as Colour

#F9C58D

  • #F9C58D
  • Orange
  • Light
  • Nearest: Burlywood

#F9C58D is a orange with RGB values 249, 197, 141 and HSL 31°, 90%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Burlywood.

Colour values

#F9C58D#F9C58D
HEX#F9C58D
RGBrgb(249, 197, 141)
RGB (0–1)0.9765, 0.7725, 0.5529
RGB percentages97.6%, 77.3%, 55.3%
HSLhsl(31.1, 90%, 76.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(31.1, 43.4%, 97.6%)
CMYK0%, 20.9%, 43.4%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,369,037
CSS custom property--colour: #F9C58D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61995WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness208.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.4:1
Contrast with white1.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CCCCCC
Inverted#063A72

Colour vision & accessibility

Protanopia#D7C789no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#E3D38Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.9 from the original
Tritanopia#FFB9B7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.57:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Nearest named CSS colourBurlywood (#DEB887)ΔE 9, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

Complementary#8DC1F9
Analogous#F98F8D, #F7F98D
Triadic#8DF9C5, #C58DF9
Split complementary#8DF7F9, #8F8DF9
Tetradic#8DF98F, #8DC1F9, #F98DF7

Tints, shades & saturation

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FEF6EE
Lighter +10%#FCDEBD
Darker −10%#F6AC5D
Darker −20%#F4942C
Darker −30%#E17A0C
Darker −40%#B16009
More saturated +25%#FFC587
Less saturated −25%#EAC49C

Channel breakdown

R249
G197
B141
Red249 (97.6%)
Green197 (77.3%)
Blue141 (55.3%)
Hue31.11°
Saturation (HSL)90%
Lightness76.47%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR F9 · G C5 · B 8D

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