Colour

#FCB38B

#FCB38B
Orange
Light
Nearest: Light salmon

#FCB38B is a orange with RGB values 252, 179, 139 and HSL 21°, 95%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light salmon.

Colour values

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HEX#FCB38B

RGBrgb(252, 179, 139)

RGB (0–1)0.9882, 0.702, 0.5451

RGB percentages98.8%, 70.2%, 54.5%

HSLhsl(21.2, 95%, 76.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(21.2, 44.8%, 98.8%)

CMYK0%, 29%, 44.8%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,561,035

CSS custom property--colour: #FCB38B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.548WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness200 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.96:1

Contrast with white1.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C0C0C0

Inverted#034C74

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C7BA88no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#D8CA8Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.4 from the original

Tritanopia#FFA6A9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.76:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light salmon · ΔE 11 Dark salmon · ΔE 11.5 Burlywood · ΔE 15 Sandy brown · ΔE 16.6 Tan · ΔE 18.6 Peach puff · ΔE 20

Nearest named CSS colourLight salmon (#FFA07A)ΔE 11.02, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8BD4FC

Analogous#FC8B9C, #FCEC8B

Triadic#8BFCB3, #B38BFC

Split complementary#8BFCEC, #8B9BFC

Tetradic#9CFC8B, #8BD4FC, #EC8BFC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFF4EE

Lighter +10%#FDD4BD

Darker −10%#FB9259

Darker −20%#F97228

Darker −30%#E85606

Darker −40%#B64405

More saturated +25%#FFB288

Less saturated −25%#EDB79A

Channel breakdown

R252

G179

B139

Red252 (98.8%)

Green179 (70.2%)

Blue139 (54.5%)

Hue21.24°

Saturation (HSL)94.96%

Lightness76.67%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FC · G B3 · B 8B

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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