Colour

#FEB266

#FEB266
Orange
Light
Nearest: Sandy brown

#FEB266 is a orange with RGB values 254, 178, 102 and HSL 30°, 99%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sandy brown.

Colour values

#FEB266#FEB266

HEX#FEB266

RGBrgb(254, 178, 102)

RGB (0–1)0.9961, 0.698, 0.4

RGB percentages99.6%, 69.8%, 40%

HSLhsl(30, 98.7%, 69.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(30, 59.8%, 99.6%)

CMYK0%, 29.9%, 59.8%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,691,814

CSS custom property--colour: #FEB266;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53871WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness197.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.77:1

Contrast with white1.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD

Inverted#014D99

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#CAB85Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#DCC967no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26 from the original

Tritanopia#FFA1A0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.78:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 5.9 Peru · ΔE 16.7 Light salmon · ΔE 19 Burlywood · ΔE 23.4 Goldenrod · ΔE 23.9 Dark salmon · ΔE 24.6

Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 5.87, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#66B2FE

Analogous#FE6666, #FEFE66

Triadic#66FEB2, #B266FE

Split complementary#66FEFE, #6666FE

Tetradic#66FE66, #66B2FE, #FE66FE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFEFE

Lighter +20%#FFE5CB

Lighter +10%#FECB99

Darker −10%#FE9933

Darker −20%#FC7F02

Darker −30%#CA6501

Darker −40%#974C01

More saturated +25%#FFB265

Less saturated −25%#EBB279

Channel breakdown

R254

G178

B102

Red254 (99.6%)

Green178 (69.8%)

Blue102 (40%)

Hue30°

Saturation (HSL)98.7%

Lightness69.8%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FE · G B2 · B 66

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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