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Recognised as Colour

#FAA86D

  • #FAA86D
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sandy brown

#FAA86D is a orange with RGB values 250, 168, 109 and HSL 25°, 93%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sandy brown.

Colour values

#FAA86D#FAA86D
HEX#FAA86D
RGBrgb(250, 168, 109)
RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.6588, 0.4275
RGB percentages98%, 65.9%, 42.7%
HSLhsl(25.1, 93.4%, 70.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(25.1, 56.4%, 98%)
CMYK0%, 32.8%, 56.4%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,427,117
CSS custom property--colour: #FAA86D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.49433WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness191.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.89:1
Contrast with white1.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.89:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B5B5B5
Inverted#055792

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C0B068no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29 from the original
Deuteranopia#D3C26Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.8 from the original
Tritanopia#FF989Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.93:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 4.8Light salmon · ΔE 10.8Peru · ΔE 15.3Dark salmon · ΔE 16.4Burlywood · ΔE 21.3Coral · ΔE 23.2
Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 4.81, a close match
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6DBFFA
Analogous#FA6D79, #FAEE6D
Triadic#6DFAA8, #A86DFA
Split complementary#6DFAEE, #6D79FA
Tetradic#79FA6D, #6DBFFA, #EE6DFA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FDE3D0
Lighter +10%#FCC59E
Darker −10%#F88B3C
Darker −20%#F76D0A
Darker −30%#C75707
Darker −40%#964205
More saturated +25%#FFA768
Less saturated −25%#E7AB80

Channel breakdown

R250
G168
B109
Red250 (98%)
Green168 (65.9%)
Blue109 (42.7%)
Hue25.11°
Saturation (HSL)93.38%
Lightness70.39%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FA · G A8 · B 6D

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