Recognised as Colour

#FA873C

#FA873C
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Chocolate

#FA873C is a orange with RGB values 250, 135, 60 and HSL 24°, 95%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Chocolate.

Colour values

#FA873C#FA873C

HEX#FA873C

RGBrgb(250, 135, 60)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.5294, 0.2353

RGB percentages98%, 52.9%, 23.5%

HSLhsl(23.7, 95%, 60.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(23.7, 76%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 46%, 76%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,418,620

CSS custom property--colour: #FA873C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37978WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness172.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.6:1

Contrast with white2.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A

Inverted#0578C3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A89632no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#C4B03Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.7 from the original

Tritanopia#FF6E77no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.44:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Chocolate · ΔE 12.1 Coral · ΔE 12.2 Dark orange · ΔE 18 Sandy brown · ΔE 19.9 Peru · ΔE 20.7 Tomato · ΔE 23

Nearest named CSS colourChocolate (#D2691E)ΔE 12.15, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3CAFFA

Analogous#FA3C50, #FAE63C

Triadic#3CFA87, #873CFA

Split complementary#3CFAE6, #3C50FA

Tetradic#50FA3C, #3CAFFA, #E63CFA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FEE3D1

Lighter +20%#FDC49F

Lighter +10%#FBA66E

Darker −10%#F9680A

Darker −20%#CB5305

Darker −30%#993F04

Darker −40%#672A03

More saturated +25%#FF8637

Less saturated −25%#E18C55

Channel breakdown

R250

G135

B60

Red250 (98%)

Green135 (52.9%)

Blue60 (23.5%)

Hue23.68°

Saturation (HSL)95%

Lightness60.78%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G 87 · B 3C

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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