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Recognised as Colour

#FCB06F

  • #FCB06F
  • Orange
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sandy brown

#FCB06F is a orange with RGB values 252, 176, 111 and HSL 28°, 96%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sandy brown.

Colour values

#FCB06F#FCB06F
HEX#FCB06F
RGBrgb(252, 176, 111)
RGB (0–1)0.9882, 0.6902, 0.4353
RGB percentages98.8%, 69%, 43.5%
HSLhsl(27.7, 95.9%, 71.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(27.7, 56%, 98.8%)
CMYK0%, 30.2%, 56%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,560,239
CSS custom property--colour: #FCB06F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52894WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness196.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.58:1
Contrast with white1.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BBBBBB
Inverted#034F90

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C7B669no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#D9C770no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.3 from the original
Tritanopia#FFA0A0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.81:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 5.1Light salmon · ΔE 14.5Peru · ΔE 16.5Dark salmon · ΔE 19.6Burlywood · ΔE 19.9Tan · ΔE 25.5
Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 5.11, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6FBBFC
Analogous#FC6F75, #FCF76F
Triadic#6FFCB0, #B06FFC
Split complementary#6FFCF7, #6F74FC
Tetradic#74FC6F, #6FBBFC, #F66FFC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FEE7D3
Lighter +10%#FDCBA1
Darker −10%#FB953D
Darker −20%#FA790B
Darker −30%#CE6104
Darker −40%#9C4A03
More saturated +25%#FFB06C
Less saturated −25%#EAB181

Channel breakdown

R252
G176
B111
Red252 (98.8%)
Green176 (69%)
Blue111 (43.5%)
Hue27.66°
Saturation (HSL)95.92%
Lightness71.18%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FC · G B0 · B 6F

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