Colour

#FDAA79

#FDAA79
Orange
Light
Nearest: Light salmon

#FDAA79 is a orange with RGB values 253, 170, 121 and HSL 22°, 97%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light salmon.

Colour values

#FDAA79#FDAA79

HEX#FDAA79

RGBrgb(253, 170, 121)

RGB (0–1)0.9922, 0.6667, 0.4745

RGB percentages99.2%, 66.7%, 47.5%

HSLhsl(22.3, 97.1%, 73.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(22.3, 52.2%, 99.2%)

CMYK0%, 32.8%, 52.2%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,624,249

CSS custom property--colour: #FDAA79;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51013WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness194.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.2:1

Contrast with white1.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B8B8B8

Inverted#025586

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C1B275no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#D5C479no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FF9A9Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.87:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light salmon · ΔE 7.1 Sandy brown · ΔE 9.9 Dark salmon · ΔE 12.3 Peru · ΔE 18.6 Burlywood · ΔE 19.8 Salmon · ΔE 23.5

Nearest named CSS colourLight salmon (#FFA07A)ΔE 7.08, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#79CCFD

Analogous#FD798A, #FDEC79

Triadic#79FDAA, #AA79FD

Split complementary#79FDEC, #798AFD

Tetradic#8AFD79, #79CCFD, #EC79FD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFEADE

Lighter +10%#FECAAB

Darker −10%#FC8A47

Darker −20%#FC6A15

Darker −30%#DA5303

Darker −40%#A84002

More saturated +25%#FFA977

Less saturated −25%#ECAE8A

Channel breakdown

R253

G170

B121

Red253 (99.2%)

Green170 (66.7%)

Blue121 (47.5%)

Hue22.27°

Saturation (HSL)97.06%

Lightness73.33%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FD · G AA · B 79

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