Recognised as Colour

#FAAA09

#FAAA09
Orange
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Nearest: Orange

#FAAA09 is a orange with RGB values 250, 170, 9 and HSL 40°, 96%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Orange.

Colour values

#FAAA09#FAAA09

HEX#FAAA09

RGBrgb(250, 170, 9)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.6667, 0.0353

RGB percentages98%, 66.7%, 3.5%

HSLhsl(40.1, 96%, 50.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(40.1, 96.4%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 32%, 96.4%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,427,529

CSS custom property--colour: #FAAA09;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.49093WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness188.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.82:1

Contrast with white1.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#AFAFAF

Inverted#0555F6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C7AE00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#D9C217no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.8 from the original

Tritanopia#FF9591no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 61.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.94:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Orange · ΔE 4.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 15 Dark orange · ΔE 18.7 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 24.3 Gold · ΔE 25.7 Sandy brown · ΔE 31.5

Nearest named CSS colourOrange (#FFA500)ΔE 4.77, a close match

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0959FA

Analogous#FA3209, #D1FA09

Triadic#09FAAA, #AA09FA

Split complementary#09D1FA, #3209FA

Tetradic#09FA32, #0959FA, #FA09D1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FEEFD1

Lighter +30%#FDDE9F

Lighter +20%#FCCD6D

Lighter +10%#FBBB3B

Darker −10%#CC8A04

Darker −20%#9A6803

Darker −30%#684602

Darker −40%#362401

More saturated +25%#FFAC04

Less saturated −25%#DB9F28

Channel breakdown

R250

G170

Red250 (98%)

Green170 (66.7%)

Blue9 (3.5%)

Hue40.08°

Saturation (HSL)96.02%

Lightness50.78%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G AA · B 09

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