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Recognised as Colour

#FDD79E

  • #FDD79E
  • Orange
  • Light
  • Nearest: Navajo white

#FDD79E is a orange with RGB values 253, 215, 158 and HSL 36°, 96%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Navajo white.

Colour values

#FDD79E#FDD79E
HEX#FDD79E
RGBrgb(253, 215, 158)
RGB (0–1)0.9922, 0.8431, 0.6196
RGB percentages99.2%, 84.3%, 62%
HSLhsl(36, 96%, 80.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(36, 37.5%, 99.2%)
CMYK0%, 15%, 37.5%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,635,806
CSS custom property--colour: #FDD79E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71952WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness221.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.39:1
Contrast with white1.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DBDBDB
Inverted#022861

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E6D79Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#F0E09Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.6 from the original
Tritanopia#FFCCC8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.36:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Navajo white · ΔE 5.4Moccasin · ΔE 8.3Wheat · ΔE 10Burlywood · ΔE 11.4Peach puff · ΔE 12.4Pale goldenrod · ΔE 13.5
Nearest named CSS colourNavajo white (#FFDEAD)ΔE 5.36, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9EC4FD
Analogous#FDA89E, #F3FD9E
Triadic#9EFDD7, #D79EFD
Split complementary#9EF3FD, #A79EFD
Tetradic#9EFDA8, #9EC4FD, #FD9EF4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FEECD0
Darker −10%#FCC26C
Darker −20%#FBAE3A
Darker −30%#FA9908
Darker −40%#CB7B04
More saturated +25%#FFD79C
Less saturated −25%#F1D5AA

Channel breakdown

R253
G215
B158
Red253 (99.2%)
Green215 (84.3%)
Blue158 (62%)
Hue36°
Saturation (HSL)95.96%
Lightness80.59%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FD · G D7 · B 9E

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