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Recognised as Colour

#FAAB1E

  • #FAAB1E
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Orange

#FAAB1E is a orange with RGB values 250, 171, 30 and HSL 38°, 96%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Orange.

Colour values

#FAAB1E#FAAB1E
HEX#FAAB1E
RGBrgb(250, 171, 30)
RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.6706, 0.1176
RGB percentages98%, 67.1%, 11.8%
HSLhsl(38.5, 95.7%, 54.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(38.5, 88%, 98%)
CMYK0%, 31.6%, 88%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,427,806
CSS custom property--colour: #FAAB1E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.49544WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness189.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.91:1
Contrast with white1.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2
Inverted#0554E1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C7AF00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#DAC225no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.7 from the original
Tritanopia#FF9693no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 59.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.93:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Orange · ΔE 6.5Goldenrod · ΔE 13.1Dark orange · ΔE 18.9Dark goldenrod · ΔE 22.4Gold · ΔE 26.8Sandy brown · ΔE 28.3
Nearest named CSS colourOrange (#FFA500)ΔE 6.53, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#1E6DFA
Analogous#FA3D1E, #DBFA1E
Triadic#1EFAAB, #AB1EFA
Split complementary#1EDBFA, #3D1EFA
Tetradic#1EFA3D, #1E6DFA, #FA1EDB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FEF6E6
Lighter +30%#FDE3B4
Lighter +20%#FCD082
Lighter +10%#FBBE50
Darker −10%#E09105
Darker −20%#AE7104
Darker −30%#7C5103
Darker −40%#4A3002
More saturated +25%#FFAC19
Less saturated −25%#DDA33B

Channel breakdown

R250
G171
B30
Red250 (98%)
Green171 (67.1%)
Blue30 (11.8%)
Hue38.45°
Saturation (HSL)95.65%
Lightness54.9%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FA · G AB · B 1E

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