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Recognised as Colour

#FAA980

  • #FAA980
  • Orange
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light salmon

#FAA980 is a orange with RGB values 250, 169, 128 and HSL 20°, 92%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light salmon.

Colour values

#FAA980#FAA980
HEX#FAA980
RGBrgb(250, 169, 128)
RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.6627, 0.502
RGB percentages98%, 66.3%, 50.2%
HSLhsl(20.2, 92.4%, 74.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(20.2, 48.8%, 98%)
CMYK0%, 32.4%, 48.8%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,427,392
CSS custom property--colour: #FAA980;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50258WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness193.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.05:1
Contrast with white1.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7
Inverted#05567F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BFB27Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#D2C380no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.8 from the original
Tritanopia#FF9B9Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.9:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light salmon · ΔE 6.4Dark salmon · ΔE 8.9Sandy brown · ΔE 14Burlywood · ΔE 18.6Peru · ΔE 21Salmon · ΔE 22.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight salmon (#FFA07A)ΔE 6.44, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#80D1FA
Analogous#FA8094, #FAE680
Triadic#80FAA9, #A980FA
Split complementary#80FAE6, #8094FA
Tetradic#94FA80, #80D1FA, #E680FA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FEEBE2
Lighter +10%#FCCAB1
Darker −10%#F8884F
Darker −20%#F6671E
Darker −30%#D84E09
Darker −40%#A73D07
More saturated +25%#FFA77B
Less saturated −25%#EAAE91

Channel breakdown

R250
G169
B128
Red250 (98%)
Green169 (66.3%)
Blue128 (50.2%)
Hue20.16°
Saturation (HSL)92.42%
Lightness74.12%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FA · G A9 · B 80

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