Recognised as Colour

#FCAD74

#FCAD74
Orange
Light
Nearest: Sandy brown

#FCAD74 is a orange with RGB values 252, 173, 116 and HSL 25°, 96%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sandy brown.

Colour values

#FCAD74#FCAD74

HEX#FCAD74

RGBrgb(252, 173, 116)

RGB (0–1)0.9882, 0.6784, 0.4549

RGB percentages98.8%, 67.8%, 45.5%

HSLhsl(25.1, 95.8%, 72.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(25.1, 54%, 98.8%)

CMYK0%, 31.3%, 54%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,559,476

CSS custom property--colour: #FCAD74;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51844WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness195.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.37:1

Contrast with white1.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BABABA

Inverted#03528B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C4B46Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#D7C674no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FF9D9Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.85:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 6.8 Light salmon · ΔE 10.8 Dark salmon · ΔE 15.8 Peru · ΔE 17.1 Burlywood · ΔE 19.2 Tan · ΔE 24.4

Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 6.83, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#74C3FC

Analogous#FC747F, #FCF174

Triadic#74FCAD, #AD74FC

Split complementary#74FCF1, #747FFC

Tetradic#7FFC74, #74C3FC, #F174FC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FEE8D8

Lighter +10%#FDCAA6

Darker −10%#FB9042

Darker −20%#FA7210

Darker −30%#D25B05

Darker −40%#A14503

More saturated +25%#FFAD71

Less saturated −25%#EAB086

Channel breakdown

R252

G173

B116

Red252 (98.8%)

Green173 (67.8%)

Blue116 (45.5%)

Hue25.15°

Saturation (HSL)95.77%

Lightness72.16%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FC · G AD · B 74

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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