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Recognised as Colour

#FAA42E

  • #FAA42E
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Orange

#FAA42E is a orange with RGB values 250, 164, 46 and HSL 35°, 95%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Orange.

Colour values

#FAA42E#FAA42E
HEX#FAA42E
RGBrgb(250, 164, 46)
RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.6431, 0.1804
RGB percentages98%, 64.3%, 18%
HSLhsl(34.7, 95.3%, 58%)
HSV / HSBhsv(34.7, 81.6%, 98%)
CMYK0%, 34.4%, 81.6%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,426,030
CSS custom property--colour: #FAA42E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47072WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness186.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.41:1
Contrast with white2.02:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AEAEAE
Inverted#055BD1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C1AA14no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#D5BF31no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30 from the original
Tritanopia#FF8F8Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.02:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Orange · ΔE 10.1Goldenrod · ΔE 15Dark orange · ΔE 16Dark goldenrod · ΔE 20.9Sandy brown · ΔE 22.1Peru · ΔE 24.5
Nearest named CSS colourOrange (#FFA500)ΔE 10.12, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2E84FA
Analogous#FA3E2E, #EAFA2E
Triadic#2EFAA4, #A42EFA
Split complementary#2EEAFA, #3E2EFA
Tetradic#2EFA3E, #2E84FA, #FA2EEA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFBF5
Lighter +30%#FEE5C3
Lighter +20%#FCCF92
Lighter +10%#FBBA60
Darker −10%#EF8D06
Darker −20%#BD7005
Darker −30%#8C5203
Darker −40%#5A3502
More saturated +25%#FFA529
Less saturated −25%#DFA049

Channel breakdown

R250
G164
B46
Red250 (98%)
Green164 (64.3%)
Blue46 (18%)
Hue34.71°
Saturation (HSL)95.33%
Lightness58.04%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FA · G A4 · B 2E

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