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Recognised as Colour

#FEA979

  • #FEA979
  • Orange
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light salmon

#FEA979 is a orange with RGB values 254, 169, 121 and HSL 22°, 99%, 74%. 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

#FEA979#FEA979
HEX#FEA979
RGBrgb(254, 169, 121)
RGB (0–1)0.9961, 0.6627, 0.4745
RGB percentages99.6%, 66.3%, 47.5%
HSLhsl(21.7, 98.5%, 73.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(21.7, 52.4%, 99.6%)
CMYK0%, 33.5%, 52.4%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,689,529
CSS custom property--colour: #FEA979;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50827WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness194.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.17:1
Contrast with white1.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B8B8B8
Inverted#015686

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C0B275no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#D5C479no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.9 from the original
Tritanopia#FF999Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.88:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light salmon · ΔE 6.2Sandy brown · ΔE 10.2Dark salmon · ΔE 12Peru · ΔE 18.8Burlywood · ΔE 20.7Salmon · ΔE 22.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight salmon (#FFA07A)ΔE 6.21, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#79CEFE
Analogous#FE798C, #FEEC79
Triadic#79FEA9, #A979FE
Split complementary#79FEEC, #798BFE
Tetradic#8BFE79, #79CEFE, #EC79FE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFEADE
Lighter +10%#FEC9AC
Darker −10%#FE8946
Darker −20%#FD6814
Darker −30%#DC5102
Darker −40%#AA3E01
More saturated +25%#FFA978
Less saturated −25%#EDAE8A

Channel breakdown

R254
G169
B121
Red254 (99.6%)
Green169 (66.3%)
Blue121 (47.5%)
Hue21.65°
Saturation (HSL)98.52%
Lightness73.53%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FE · G A9 · B 79

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