Colour

#FF9225

#FF9225
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Dark orange

#FF9225 is a orange with RGB values 255, 146, 37 and HSL 30°, 100%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orange.

Colour values

#FF9225#FF9225

HEX#FF9225

RGBrgb(255, 146, 37)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.5725, 0.1451

RGB percentages100%, 57.3%, 14.5%

HSLhsl(30, 100%, 57.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(30, 85.5%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 42.7%, 85.5%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,749,093

CSS custom property--colour: #FF9225;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41951WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness179.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.39:1

Contrast with white2.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A1A1A1

Inverted#006DDA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B39E06no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#CDB725no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FF797Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.24:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark orange · ΔE 7 Orange · ΔE 14.8 Chocolate · ΔE 19.6 Coral · ΔE 24.6 Sandy brown · ΔE 25.2 Goldenrod · ΔE 25.7

Nearest named CSS colourDark orange (#FF8C00)ΔE 6.96, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2592FF

Analogous#FF2525, #FFFF25

Triadic#25FF92, #9225FF

Split complementary#25FFFF, #2525FF

Tetradic#25FF25, #2592FF, #FF25FF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFF8F1

Lighter +30%#FFDFBE

Lighter +20%#FFC58B

Lighter +10%#FFAB58

Darker −10%#F17800

Darker −20%#BE5F00

Darker −30%#8B4600

Darker −40%#582C00

More saturated +25%#FF9225

Less saturated −25%#E49240

Channel breakdown

R255

G146

B37

Red255 (100%)

Green146 (57.3%)

Blue37 (14.5%)

Hue30°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness57.25%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G 92 · B 25

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