Colour

#FF8B3C

#FF8B3C
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Chocolate

#FF8B3C is a orange with RGB values 255, 139, 60 and HSL 24°, 100%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Chocolate.

Colour values

#FF8B3C#FF8B3C

HEX#FF8B3C

RGBrgb(255, 139, 60)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.5451, 0.2353

RGB percentages100%, 54.5%, 23.5%

HSLhsl(24.3, 100%, 61.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(24.3, 76.5%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 45.5%, 76.5%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,747,324

CSS custom property--colour: #FF8B3C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40051WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness176.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.01:1

Contrast with white2.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E

Inverted#0074C3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#AC9A31no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#C8B43Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FF727Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.33:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Chocolate · ΔE 13.8 Coral · ΔE 13.9 Dark orange · ΔE 16.2 Sandy brown · ΔE 20.4 Peru · ΔE 22 Tomato · ΔE 24.4

Nearest named CSS colourChocolate (#D2691E)ΔE 13.84, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3CB0FF

Analogous#FF3C4E, #FFED3C

Triadic#3CFF8B, #8B3CFF

Split complementary#3CFFEC, #3C4FFF

Tetradic#4EFF3C, #3CB0FF, #ED3CFF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFE6D5

Lighter +20%#FFC8A2

Lighter +10%#FFA96F

Darker −10%#FF6D09

Darker −20%#D55600

Darker −30%#A24200

Darker −40%#6F2D00

More saturated +25%#FF8B3C

Less saturated −25%#E79054

Channel breakdown

R255

G139

B60

Red255 (100%)

Green139 (54.5%)

Blue60 (23.5%)

Hue24.31°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness61.76%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G 8B · B 3C

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