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Recognised as Colour

#FE990E

  • #FE990E
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orange

#FE990E is a orange with RGB values 254, 153, 14 and HSL 35°, 99%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orange.

Colour values

#FE990E#FE990E
HEX#FE990E
RGBrgb(254, 153, 14)
RGB (0–1)0.9961, 0.6, 0.0549
RGB percentages99.6%, 60%, 5.5%
HSLhsl(34.8, 99.2%, 52.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(34.8, 94.5%, 99.6%)
CMYK0%, 39.8%, 94.5%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,685,326
CSS custom property--colour: #FE990E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43885WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness181.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.78:1
Contrast with white2.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A4A4A4
Inverted#0166F1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B9A300no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#D1BA12no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.8 from the original
Tritanopia#FF8183no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 57.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.15:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark orange · ΔE 7.5Orange · ΔE 7.5Goldenrod · ΔE 22.4Chocolate · ΔE 25.7Dark goldenrod · ΔE 27Sandy brown · ΔE 29.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark orange (#FF8C00)ΔE 7.45, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#0E73FE
Analogous#FE210E, #EBFE0E
Triadic#0EFE99, #990EFE
Split complementary#0EEBFE, #210EFE
Tetradic#0EFE21, #0E73FE, #FE0EEB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFEFD9
Lighter +30%#FFD9A6
Lighter +20%#FEC474
Lighter +10%#FEAE41
Darker −10%#D87E01
Darker −20%#A56001
Darker −30%#734300
Darker −40%#402500
More saturated +25%#FF990D
Less saturated −25%#E0942C

Channel breakdown

R254
G153
B14
Red254 (99.6%)
Green153 (60%)
Blue14 (5.5%)
Hue34.75°
Saturation (HSL)99.17%
Lightness52.55%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FE · G 99 · B 0E

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