Colour

#FEAC00

#FEAC00
Orange
Light
Nearest: Orange

#FEAC00 is a orange with RGB values 254, 172, 0 and HSL 41°, 100%, 50%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Orange.

Colour values

#FEAC00#FEAC00

HEX#FEAC00

RGBrgb(254, 172, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.9961, 0.6745, 0

RGB percentages99.6%, 67.5%, 0%

HSLhsl(40.6, 100%, 49.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(40.6, 100%, 99.6%)

CMYK0%, 32.3%, 100%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,690,176

CSS custom property--colour: #FEAC00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50576WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness191.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.12:1

Contrast with white1.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B1B1B1

Inverted#0153FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C9B100no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#DCC412no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.1 from the original

Tritanopia#FF9693no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 64.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.89:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Orange · ΔE 4.4 Goldenrod · ΔE 16.8 Dark orange · ΔE 18.8 Gold · ΔE 25.3 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 26.3 Sandy brown · ΔE 33.3

Nearest named CSS colourOrange (#FFA500)ΔE 4.43, a close match

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0052FE

Analogous#FE2D00, #D1FE00

Triadic#00FEAC, #AC00FE

Split complementary#00D1FE, #2D00FE

Tetradic#00FE2D, #0052FE, #FE00D1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFEECB

Lighter +30%#FFDE98

Lighter +20%#FFCD65

Lighter +10%#FFBD32

Darker −10%#CB8900

Darker −20%#986700

Darker −30%#654400

Darker −40%#322200

More saturated +25%#FEAC00

Less saturated −25%#DEA120

Channel breakdown

R254

G172

Red254 (99.6%)

Green172 (67.5%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue40.63°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness49.8%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FE · G AC · B 00

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