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Recognised as Colour

#FEA179

  • #FEA179
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light salmon

#FEA179 is a orange with RGB values 254, 161, 121 and HSL 18°, 99%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light salmon.

Colour values

#FEA179#FEA179
HEX#FEA179
RGBrgb(254, 161, 121)
RGB (0–1)0.9961, 0.6314, 0.4745
RGB percentages99.6%, 63.1%, 47.5%
HSLhsl(18, 98.5%, 73.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(18, 52.4%, 99.6%)
CMYK0%, 36.6%, 52.4%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,687,481
CSS custom property--colour: #FEA179;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47941WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness190.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.59:1
Contrast with white1.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2
Inverted#015E86

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B9AC76no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#CFC078no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.5 from the original
Tritanopia#FF9197no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.98:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light salmon · ΔE 1.2Dark salmon · ΔE 9.2Sandy brown · ΔE 13.8Salmon · ΔE 17.6Peru · ΔE 20.4Coral · ΔE 20.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight salmon (#FFA07A)ΔE 1.17, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#79D6FE
Analogous#FE7993, #FEE479
Triadic#79FEA1, #A179FE
Split complementary#79FEE4, #7993FE
Tetradic#93FE79, #79D6FE, #E479FE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFE8DE
Lighter +10%#FEC5AC
Darker −10%#FE7D46
Darker −20%#FD5A14
Darker −30%#DC4302
Darker −40%#AA3401
More saturated +25%#FFA178
Less saturated −25%#EDA88A

Channel breakdown

R254
G161
B121
Red254 (99.6%)
Green161 (63.1%)
Blue121 (47.5%)
Hue18.05°
Saturation (HSL)98.52%
Lightness73.53%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FE · G A1 · B 79

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