Recognised as Colour

#FAAD03

#FAAD03
Orange
Light
Nearest: Orange

#FAAD03 is a orange with RGB values 250, 173, 3 and HSL 41°, 98%, 50%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Orange.

Colour values

#FAAD03#FAAD03

HEX#FAAD03

RGBrgb(250, 173, 3)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.6784, 0.0118

RGB percentages98%, 67.8%, 1.2%

HSLhsl(41.3, 97.6%, 49.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(41.3, 98.8%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 30.8%, 98.8%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,428,291

CSS custom property--colour: #FAAD03;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50218WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness190.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.04:1

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

Contrast with black11.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B1B1B1

Inverted#0552FC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C9B100no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#DBC315no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.8 from the original

Tritanopia#FF9893no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 63.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.9:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Orange · ΔE 6.4 Goldenrod · ΔE 14.9 Dark orange · ΔE 20.6 Gold · ΔE 23.7 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 24.9 Sandy brown · ΔE 32.9

Nearest named CSS colourOrange (#FFA500)ΔE 6.4, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0350FA

Analogous#FA3203, #CBFA03

Triadic#03FAAD, #AD03FA

Split complementary#03CBFA, #3203FA

Tetradic#03FA32, #0350FA, #FA03CB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FEEECB

Lighter +30%#FEDE98

Lighter +20%#FDCE66

Lighter +10%#FDBE33

Darker −10%#C88A02

Darker −20%#956702

Darker −30%#634401

Darker −40%#302201

More saturated +25%#FDAE00

Less saturated −25%#DAA123

Channel breakdown

R250

G173

Red250 (98%)

Green173 (67.8%)

Blue3 (1.2%)

Hue41.3°

Saturation (HSL)97.63%

Lightness49.61%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G AD · B 03

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