Recognised as Colour

#FE5C09

#FE5C09
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Orange red

#FE5C09 is a orange with RGB values 254, 92, 9 and HSL 20°, 99%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Orange red.

Colour values

#FE5C09#FE5C09

HEX#FE5C09

RGBrgb(254, 92, 9)

RGB (0–1)0.9961, 0.3608, 0.0353

RGB percentages99.6%, 36.1%, 3.5%

HSLhsl(20.3, 99.2%, 51.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(20.3, 96.5%, 99.6%)

CMYK0%, 63.8%, 96.5%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,669,705

CSS custom property--colour: #FE5C09;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28745WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness155.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.75:1

Contrast with white3.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.75:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#787878

Inverted#01A3F6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8C7B00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 65.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#B4A000no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 65.4 from the original

Tritanopia#FF2950no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.11:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Orange red · ΔE 9.3 Tomato · ΔE 22.4 Red · ΔE 22.4 Dark orange · ΔE 24.8 Chocolate · ΔE 25.4 Coral · ΔE 26.1

Nearest named CSS colourOrange red (#FF4500)ΔE 9.3, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#09ABFE

Analogous#FE0931, #FED609

Triadic#09FE5C, #5C09FE

Split complementary#09FED7, #0930FE

Tetradic#31FE09, #09ABFE, #D609FE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFE3D4

Lighter +30%#FFC1A1

Lighter +20%#FE9F6F

Lighter +10%#FE7E3C

Darker −10%#D34801

Darker −20%#A03701

Darker −30%#6E2500

Darker −40%#3B1400

More saturated +25%#FF5C08

Less saturated −25%#DF6628

Channel breakdown

R254

G92

Red254 (99.6%)

Green92 (36.1%)

Blue9 (3.5%)

Hue20.33°

Saturation (HSL)99.19%

Lightness51.57%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FE · G 5C · B 09

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