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Recognised as Colour

#FF970E

  • #FF970E
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orange

#FF970E is a orange with RGB values 255, 151, 14 and HSL 34°, 100%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orange.

Colour values

#FF970E#FF970E
HEX#FF970E
RGBrgb(255, 151, 14)
RGB (0–1)1, 0.5922, 0.0549
RGB percentages100%, 59.2%, 5.5%
HSLhsl(34.1, 100%, 52.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(34.1, 94.5%, 100%)
CMYK0%, 40.8%, 94.5%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,750,350
CSS custom property--colour: #FF970E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43425WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness181.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.68:1
Contrast with white2.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3
Inverted#0068F1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B8A100no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#D0BA11no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.7 from the original
Tritanopia#FF7E81no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 56.6 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 text9.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark orange · ΔE 6Orange · ΔE 8.8Goldenrod · ΔE 23.7Chocolate · ΔE 25Dark goldenrod · ΔE 27.8Sandy brown · ΔE 29.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark orange (#FF8C00)ΔE 6.01, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#0E76FF
Analogous#FF1E0E, #EFFF0E
Triadic#0EFF97, #970EFF
Split complementary#0EEFFF, #1E0EFF
Tetradic#0EFF1E, #0E76FF, #FF0EEF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFEFDA
Lighter +30%#FFD9A7
Lighter +20%#FFC374
Lighter +10%#FFAD41
Darker −10%#DA7C00
Darker −20%#A75F00
Darker −30%#744200
Darker −40%#412500
More saturated +25%#FF970E
Less saturated −25%#E1932C

Channel breakdown

R255
G151
B14
Red255 (100%)
Green151 (59.2%)
Blue14 (5.5%)
Hue34.11°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness52.75%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FF · G 97 · B 0E

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