Colour

#FAAA74

#FAAA74
Orange
Light
Nearest: Sandy brown

#FAAA74 is a orange with RGB values 250, 170, 116 and HSL 24°, 93%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sandy brown.

Colour values

#FAAA74#FAAA74

HEX#FAAA74

RGBrgb(250, 170, 116)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.6667, 0.4549

RGB percentages98%, 66.7%, 45.5%

HSLhsl(24.2, 93.1%, 71.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(24.2, 53.6%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 32%, 53.6%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,427,636

CSS custom property--colour: #FAAA74;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50334WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness192.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.07:1

Contrast with white1.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7

Inverted#05558B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C1B270no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#D4C374no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.7 from the original

Tritanopia#FF9A9Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.8 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 text11.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 7.6 Light salmon · ΔE 9.3 Dark salmon · ΔE 14.2 Peru · ΔE 16.9 Burlywood · ΔE 19.3 Tan · ΔE 24.2

Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 7.61, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#74C4FA

Analogous#FA7481, #FAED74

Triadic#74FAAA, #AA74FA

Split complementary#74FAED, #7481FA

Tetradic#81FA74, #74C4FA, #ED74FA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FEE6D6

Lighter +10%#FCC8A5

Darker −10%#F88C43

Darker −20%#F66E12

Darker −30%#CE5707

Darker −40%#9C4206

More saturated +25%#FFA96F

Less saturated −25%#E8AD86

Channel breakdown

R250

G170

B116

Red250 (98%)

Green170 (66.7%)

Blue116 (45.5%)

Hue24.18°

Saturation (HSL)93.06%

Lightness71.76%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G AA · B 74

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Colour values

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