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Recognised as Colour

#FF9D56

  • #FF9D56
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sandy brown

#FF9D56 is a orange with RGB values 255, 157, 86 and HSL 25°, 100%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sandy brown.

Colour values

#FF9D56#FF9D56
HEX#FF9D56
RGBrgb(255, 157, 86)
RGB (0–1)1, 0.6157, 0.3373
RGB percentages100%, 61.6%, 33.7%
HSLhsl(25.2, 100%, 66.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(25.2, 66.3%, 100%)
CMYK0%, 38.4%, 66.3%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,751,958
CSS custom property--colour: #FF9D56;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46046WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness186.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.21:1
Contrast with white2.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ADADAD
Inverted#0062A9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BAA74Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#D1BD56no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.1 from the original
Tritanopia#FF898Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.06:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 8.9Peru · ΔE 15.4Coral · ΔE 16.7Light salmon · ΔE 17.1Chocolate · ΔE 19.5Dark salmon · ΔE 24.3
Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 8.9, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#56B8FF
Analogous#FF5664, #FFF256
Triadic#56FF9D, #9D56FF
Split complementary#56FFF1, #5664FF
Tetradic#64FF56, #56B8FF, #F256FF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFF6EF
Lighter +20%#FFD8BC
Lighter +10%#FFBB89
Darker −10%#FF7F23
Darker −20%#EF6400
Darker −30%#BC4F00
Darker −40%#893A00
More saturated +25%#FF9D56
Less saturated −25%#EAA06B

Channel breakdown

R255
G157
B86
Red255 (100%)
Green157 (61.6%)
Blue86 (33.7%)
Hue25.21°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness66.86%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FF · G 9D · B 56

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