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Recognised as Colour

#FAEDD9

  • #FAEDD9
  • Orange
  • Light
  • Nearest: Antique white

#FAEDD9 is a orange with RGB values 250, 237, 217 and HSL 36°, 77%, 92%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Antique white.

Colour values

#FAEDD9#FAEDD9
HEX#FAEDD9
RGBrgb(250, 237, 217)
RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.9294, 0.851
RGB percentages98%, 92.9%, 85.1%
HSLhsl(36.4, 76.7%, 91.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(36.4, 13.2%, 98%)
CMYK0%, 5.2%, 13.2%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,444,889
CSS custom property--colour: #FAEDD9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.85902WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness238.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.18:1
Contrast with white1.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black18.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#EEEEEE
Inverted#051226

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F3EDD8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#F6F0D9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original
Tritanopia#FFE9E7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.16:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text18.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Antique white · ΔE 0.9Papaya whip · ΔE 3.4Old lace · ΔE 4.1Linen · ΔE 5.4Cornsilk · ΔE 5.5Beige · ΔE 5.6
Nearest named CSS colourAntique white (#FAEBD7)ΔE 0.93, indistinguishable to the eye
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D9E6FA
Analogous#FADDD9, #F6FAD9
Triadic#D9FAED, #EDD9FA
Split complementary#D9F6FA, #DDD9FA
Tetradic#D9FADD, #D9E6FA, #FAD9F6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FFFFFF
Darker −10%#F4D8AC
Darker −20%#EEC27F
Darker −30%#E8AD52
Darker −40%#E29825
More saturated +25%#FFEED4
Less saturated −25%#F5ECDE

Channel breakdown

R250
G237
B217
Red250 (98%)
Green237 (92.9%)
Blue217 (85.1%)
Hue36.36°
Saturation (HSL)76.74%
Lightness91.57%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FA · G ED · B D9

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