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Recognised as Colour

#FAA72E

  • #FAA72E
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Orange

#FAA72E is a orange with RGB values 250, 167, 46 and HSL 36°, 95%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Orange.

Colour values

#FAA72E#FAA72E
HEX#FAA72E
RGBrgb(250, 167, 46)
RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.6549, 0.1804
RGB percentages98%, 65.5%, 18%
HSLhsl(35.6, 95.3%, 58%)
HSV / HSBhsv(35.6, 81.6%, 98%)
CMYK0%, 33.2%, 81.6%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,426,798
CSS custom property--colour: #FAA72E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48159WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness187.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.63:1
Contrast with white1.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B0B0B0
Inverted#0558D1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C3AD13no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28 from the original
Deuteranopia#D7C032no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28 from the original
Tritanopia#FF9290no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.98:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Orange · ΔE 9.8Goldenrod · ΔE 13.6Dark orange · ΔE 17.3Dark goldenrod · ΔE 20.7Sandy brown · ΔE 22.8Peru · ΔE 25.3
Nearest named CSS colourOrange (#FFA500)ΔE 9.76, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2E81FA
Analogous#FA412E, #E7FA2E
Triadic#2EFAA7, #A72EFA
Split complementary#2EE7FA, #412EFA
Tetradic#2EFA41, #2E81FA, #FA2EE7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFBF5
Lighter +30%#FEE6C3
Lighter +20%#FCD192
Lighter +10%#FBBC60
Darker −10%#EF9006
Darker −20%#BD7205
Darker −30%#8C5403
Darker −40%#5A3602
More saturated +25%#FFA829
Less saturated −25%#DFA249

Channel breakdown

R250
G167
B46
Red250 (98%)
Green167 (65.5%)
Blue46 (18%)
Hue35.59°
Saturation (HSL)95.33%
Lightness58.04%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FA · G A7 · B 2E

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