Recognised as Colour

#FAAD4A

#FAAD4A
Orange
Light
Nearest: Sandy brown

#FAAD4A is a orange with RGB values 250, 173, 74 and HSL 34°, 95%, 64%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sandy brown.

Colour values

#FAAD4A#FAAD4A

HEX#FAAD4A

RGBrgb(250, 173, 74)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.6784, 0.2902

RGB percentages98%, 67.8%, 29%

HSLhsl(33.8, 94.6%, 63.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(33.8, 70.4%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 30.8%, 70.4%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,428,362

CSS custom property--colour: #FAAD4A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50706WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness192 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.14:1

Contrast with white1.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B6B6B6

Inverted#0552B5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C7B23Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#D9C44Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FF9A98no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.6 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 text11.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 14.1 Goldenrod · ΔE 15 Peru · ΔE 19.3 Orange · ΔE 19.4 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 19.9 Dark orange · ΔE 24.2

Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 14.07, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4A97FA

Analogous#FA554A, #EFFA4A

Triadic#4AFAAD, #AD4AFA

Split complementary#4AEFFA, #554AFA

Tetradic#4AFA55, #4A97FA, #FA4AEF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FEF0DF

Lighter +20%#FDDAAD

Lighter +10%#FBC37C

Darker −10%#F99718

Darker −20%#D87C06

Darker −30%#A66005

Darker −40%#754303

More saturated +25%#FFAE45

Less saturated −25%#E3AA61

Channel breakdown

R250

G173

B74

Red250 (98%)

Green173 (67.8%)

Blue74 (29%)

Hue33.75°

Saturation (HSL)94.62%

Lightness63.53%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G AD · B 4A

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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