Colour

#FAAC35

#FAAC35
Orange
Light
Nearest: Goldenrod

#FAAC35 is a orange with RGB values 250, 172, 53 and HSL 36°, 95%, 59%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

#FAAC35#FAAC35

HEX#FAAC35

RGBrgb(250, 172, 53)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.6745, 0.2078

RGB percentages98%, 67.5%, 20.8%

HSLhsl(36.2, 95.2%, 59.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(36.2, 78.8%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 31.2%, 78.8%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,428,085

CSS custom property--colour: #FAAC35;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50086WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness190.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.02:1

Contrast with white1.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B4B4B4

Inverted#0553CA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C7B11Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#DAC339no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.6 from the original

Tritanopia#FF9895no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.91:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 11.9 Orange · ΔE 11.9 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 20 Dark orange · ΔE 20.3 Sandy brown · ΔE 21.8 Peru · ΔE 24.9

Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 11.87, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3583FA

Analogous#FA4A35, #E5FA35

Triadic#35FAAC, #AC35FA

Split complementary#35E6FA, #4935FA

Tetradic#35FA4A, #3583FA, #FA35E6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFEFC

Lighter +30%#FEE9CA

Lighter +20%#FCD599

Lighter +10%#FBC067

Darker −10%#F69706

Darker −20%#C47805

Darker −30%#925A04

Darker −40%#613B02

More saturated +25%#FFAD30

Less saturated −25%#E0A74F

Channel breakdown

R250

G172

B53

Red250 (98%)

Green172 (67.5%)

Blue53 (20.8%)

Hue36.24°

Saturation (HSL)95.17%

Lightness59.41%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G AC · B 35

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