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Colour

#FAAE61

  • #FAAE61
  • Orange
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sandy brown

#FAAE61 is a orange with RGB values 250, 174, 97 and HSL 30°, 94%, 68%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sandy brown.

Colour values

#FAAE61#FAAE61
HEX#FAAE61
RGBrgb(250, 174, 97)
RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.6824, 0.3804
RGB percentages98%, 68.2%, 38%
HSLhsl(30.2, 93.9%, 68%)
HSV / HSBhsv(30.2, 61.2%, 98%)
CMYK0%, 30.4%, 61.2%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,428,641
CSS custom property--colour: #FAAE61;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51459WCAG 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 11.29:1
Contrast with white1.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9
Inverted#05519E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C6B45Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#D8C562no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.2 from the original
Tritanopia#FF9D9Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.86:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 5.2Peru · ΔE 15.4Light salmon · ΔE 19.2Goldenrod · ΔE 23Burlywood · ΔE 24Dark goldenrod · ΔE 24.2
Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 5.18, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#61ADFA
Analogous#FA6261, #FAFA61
Triadic#61FAAE, #AE61FA
Split complementary#61F9FA, #6261FA
Tetradic#61FA62, #61ADFA, #FA61F9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFAF5
Lighter +20%#FDE1C4
Lighter +10%#FCC792
Darker −10%#F89530
Darker −20%#ED7B08
Darker −30%#BC6206
Darker −40%#8B4804
More saturated +25%#FFAE5C
Less saturated −25%#E6AE75

Channel breakdown

R250
G174
B97
Red250 (98%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue97 (38%)
Hue30.2°
Saturation (HSL)93.87%
Lightness68.04%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FA · G AE · B 61

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