Colour

#FAA17E

#FAA17E
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Light salmon

#FAA17E is a orange with RGB values 250, 161, 126 and HSL 17°, 93%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light salmon.

Colour values

#FAA17E#FAA17E

HEX#FAA17E

RGBrgb(250, 161, 126)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.6314, 0.4941

RGB percentages98%, 63.1%, 49.4%

HSLhsl(16.9, 92.5%, 73.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(16.9, 49.6%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 35.6%, 49.6%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,425,342

CSS custom property--colour: #FAA17E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4732WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness189 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.46:1

Contrast with white2.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B1B1B1

Inverted#055E81

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B8AC7Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#CDBE7Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.6 from the original

Tritanopia#FF9298no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.01:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light salmon · ΔE 3.4 Dark salmon · ΔE 6.3 Sandy brown · ΔE 16.2 Salmon · ΔE 17.6 Light coral · ΔE 20 Peru · ΔE 21.9

Nearest named CSS colourLight salmon (#FFA07A)ΔE 3.4, a close match

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7ED7FA

Analogous#FA7E99, #FADF7E

Triadic#7EFAA1, #A17EFA

Split complementary#7EFADF, #7E99FA

Tetradic#99FA7E, #7ED7FA, #DF7EFA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FEE9E0

Lighter +10%#FCC5AF

Darker −10%#F87D4D

Darker −20%#F6591C

Darker −30%#D74308

Darker −40%#A63306

More saturated +25%#FF9F79

Less saturated −25%#E9A88F

Channel breakdown

R250

G161

B126

Red250 (98%)

Green161 (63.1%)

Blue126 (49.4%)

Hue16.94°

Saturation (HSL)92.54%

Lightness73.73%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G A1 · B 7E

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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