Colour

#FF9551

#FF9551
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Sandy brown

#FF9551 is a orange with RGB values 255, 149, 81 and HSL 23°, 100%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sandy brown.

Colour values

#FF9551#FF9551

HEX#FF9551

RGBrgb(255, 149, 81)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.5843, 0.3176

RGB percentages100%, 58.4%, 31.8%

HSLhsl(23.4, 100%, 65.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(23.4, 68.2%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 41.6%, 68.2%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,749,905

CSS custom property--colour: #FF9551;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43349WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness182.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.67:1

Contrast with white2.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7

Inverted#006AAE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B3A24Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#CDB950no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40 from the original

Tritanopia#FF7F86no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.17:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 12.7 Coral · ΔE 12.7 Chocolate · ΔE 16.7 Peru · ΔE 16.9 Light salmon · ΔE 18 Dark orange · ΔE 23.7

Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 12.67, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#51BBFF

Analogous#FF5164, #FFEC51

Triadic#51FF95, #9551FF

Split complementary#51FFEC, #5164FF

Tetradic#64FF51, #51BBFF, #EC51FF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFF2EA

Lighter +20%#FFD3B7

Lighter +10%#FFB484

Darker −10%#FF761E

Darker −20%#EA5B00

Darker −30%#B74800

Darker −40%#843400

More saturated +25%#FF9551

Less saturated −25%#E99A67

Channel breakdown

R255

G149

B81

Red255 (100%)

Green149 (58.4%)

Blue81 (31.8%)

Hue23.45°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness65.88%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G 95 · B 51

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