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Recognised as Colour

#FF9A45

  • #FF9A45
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sandy brown

#FF9A45 is a orange with RGB values 255, 154, 69 and HSL 27°, 100%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sandy brown.

Colour values

#FF9A45#FF9A45
HEX#FF9A45
RGBrgb(255, 154, 69)
RGB (0–1)1, 0.6039, 0.2706
RGB percentages100%, 60.4%, 27.1%
HSLhsl(27.4, 100%, 63.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(27.4, 72.9%, 100%)
CMYK0%, 39.6%, 72.9%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,751,173
CSS custom property--colour: #FF9A45;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44801WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness184.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.96:1
Contrast with white2.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9
Inverted#0065BA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B8A53Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37 from the original
Deuteranopia#D0BC45no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.8 from the original
Tritanopia#FF8488no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.11:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 14.5Chocolate · ΔE 17.9Dark orange · ΔE 18Peru · ΔE 18.2Coral · ΔE 18.9Orange · ΔE 21.7
Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 14.46, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#45AAFF
Analogous#FF454D, #FFF745
Triadic#45FF9A, #9A45FF
Split complementary#45FFF7, #454DFF
Tetradic#4DFF45, #45AAFF, #F745FF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFEDDE
Lighter +20%#FFD1AB
Lighter +10%#FFB678
Darker −10%#FF7E12
Darker −20%#DE6500
Darker −30%#AB4E00
Darker −40%#783700
More saturated +25%#FF9A45
Less saturated −25%#E89C5C

Channel breakdown

R255
G154
B69
Red255 (100%)
Green154 (60.4%)
Blue69 (27.1%)
Hue27.42°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness63.53%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FF · G 9A · B 45

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