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Recognised as Colour

#FAAA79

  • #FAAA79
  • Orange
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light salmon

#FAAA79 is a orange with RGB values 250, 170, 121 and HSL 23°, 93%, 73%. 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

#FAAA79#FAAA79
HEX#FAAA79
RGBrgb(250, 170, 121)
RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.6667, 0.4745
RGB percentages98%, 66.7%, 47.5%
HSLhsl(22.8, 92.8%, 72.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(22.8, 51.6%, 98%)
CMYK0%, 32%, 51.6%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,427,641
CSS custom property--colour: #FAAA79;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50454WCAG 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 11.09:1
Contrast with white1.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7
Inverted#055586

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C0B275no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#D3C379no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29 from the original
Tritanopia#FF9B9Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.89:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light salmon · ΔE 7.9Sandy brown · ΔE 10.1Dark salmon · ΔE 12.1Peru · ΔE 18.4Burlywood · ΔE 18.6Tan · ΔE 23
Nearest named CSS colourLight salmon (#FFA07A)ΔE 7.86, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#79C9FA
Analogous#FA7988, #FAEB79
Triadic#79FAAA, #AA79FA
Split complementary#79FAEB, #7988FA
Tetradic#88FA79, #79C9FA, #EB79FA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FEE8DB
Lighter +10%#FCC9AA
Darker −10%#F88B48
Darker −20%#F66C17
Darker −30%#D25508
Darker −40%#A14106
More saturated +25%#FFA974
Less saturated −25%#E9AE8A

Channel breakdown

R250
G170
B121
Red250 (98%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue121 (47.5%)
Hue22.79°
Saturation (HSL)92.81%
Lightness72.75%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FA · G AA · B 79

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