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Recognised as Colour

#FAAB79

  • #FAAB79
  • Orange
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light salmon

#FAAB79 is a orange with RGB values 250, 171, 121 and HSL 23°, 93%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light salmon.

Colour values

#FAAB79#FAAB79
HEX#FAAB79
RGBrgb(250, 171, 121)
RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.6706, 0.4745
RGB percentages98%, 67.1%, 47.5%
HSLhsl(23.3, 92.8%, 72.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(23.3, 51.6%, 98%)
CMYK0%, 31.6%, 51.6%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,427,897
CSS custom property--colour: #FAAB79;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5083WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness193.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.17:1
Contrast with white1.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B8B8B8
Inverted#055486

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C1B375no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#D4C479no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.6 from the original
Tritanopia#FF9C9Eno 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 text1.88:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light salmon · ΔE 8.5Sandy brown · ΔE 9.8Dark salmon · ΔE 12.6Burlywood · ΔE 18.2Peru · ΔE 18.3Tan · ΔE 22.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight salmon (#FFA07A)ΔE 8.49, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#79C8FA
Analogous#FA7987, #FAEC79
Triadic#79FAAB, #AB79FA
Split complementary#79FAEB, #7988FA
Tetradic#87FA79, #79C8FA, #EB79FA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FEE9DB
Lighter +10%#FCCAAA
Darker −10%#F88C48
Darker −20%#F66D17
Darker −30%#D25608
Darker −40%#A14206
More saturated +25%#FFAA74
Less saturated −25%#E9AF8A

Channel breakdown

R250
G171
B121
Red250 (98%)
Green171 (67.1%)
Blue121 (47.5%)
Hue23.26°
Saturation (HSL)92.81%
Lightness72.75%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FA · G AB · B 79

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