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Recognised as Colour

#FAB370

  • #FAB370
  • Orange
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sandy brown

#FAB370 is a orange with RGB values 250, 179, 112 and HSL 29°, 93%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sandy brown.

Colour values

#FAB370#FAB370
HEX#FAB370
RGBrgb(250, 179, 112)
RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.702, 0.4392
RGB percentages98%, 70.2%, 43.9%
HSLhsl(29.1, 93.2%, 71%)
HSV / HSBhsv(29.1, 55.2%, 98%)
CMYK0%, 28.4%, 55.2%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,429,936
CSS custom property--colour: #FAB370;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53734WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness197.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.75:1
Contrast with white1.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD
Inverted#054C8F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C9B86Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#DAC871no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.1 from the original
Tritanopia#FFA3A3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.79:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 6.7Light salmon · ΔE 16.4Peru · ΔE 17.2Burlywood · ΔE 18.4Dark salmon · ΔE 20.8Tan · ΔE 24.3
Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 6.65, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#70B7FA
Analogous#FA7072, #FAF870
Triadic#70FAB3, #B370FA
Split complementary#70FAF8, #7072FA
Tetradic#72FA70, #70B7FA, #F870FA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FDE7D3
Lighter +10%#FCCDA1
Darker −10%#F8993F
Darker −20%#F77F0D
Darker −30%#CA6607
Darker −40%#994D05
More saturated +25%#FFB36B
Less saturated −25%#E7B483

Channel breakdown

R250
G179
B112
Red250 (98%)
Green179 (70.2%)
Blue112 (43.9%)
Hue29.13°
Saturation (HSL)93.24%
Lightness70.98%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FA · G B3 · B 70

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