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Recognised as Colour

#FAE3B7

  • #FAE3B7
  • Orange
  • Light
  • Nearest: Wheat

#FAE3B7 is a orange with RGB values 250, 227, 183 and HSL 39°, 87%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Wheat.

Colour values

#FAE3B7#FAE3B7
HEX#FAE3B7
RGBrgb(250, 227, 183)
RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.8902, 0.7176
RGB percentages98%, 89%, 71.8%
HSLhsl(39.4, 87%, 84.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(39.4, 26.8%, 98%)
CMYK0%, 9.2%, 26.8%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,442,295
CSS custom property--colour: #FAE3B7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.78681WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness229.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.74:1
Contrast with white1.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E5E5E5
Inverted#051C48

Colour vision & accessibility

Protanopia#EEE2B4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#F4E8B8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original
Tritanopia#FFDBD7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.25:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 1.79, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

Complementary#B7CEFA
Analogous#FAC2B7, #F0FAB7
Triadic#B7FAE3, #E3B7FA
Split complementary#B7F0FA, #C2B7FA
Tetradic#B7FAC2, #B7CEFA, #FAB7EF

Tints, shades & saturation

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FDF6E7
Darker −10%#F7D087
Darker −20%#F3BE58
Darker −30%#F0AB28
Darker −40%#D6920F
More saturated +25%#FFE5B2
Less saturated −25%#F0E0C1

Channel breakdown

R250
G227
B183
Red250 (98%)
Green227 (89%)
Blue183 (71.8%)
Hue39.4°
Saturation (HSL)87.01%
Lightness84.9%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FA · G E3 · B B7

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