Recognised as Colour

#FF9E49

#FF9E49
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Sandy brown

#FF9E49 is a orange with RGB values 255, 158, 73 and HSL 28°, 100%, 64%. 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

#FF9E49#FF9E49

HEX#FF9E49

RGBrgb(255, 158, 73)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.6196, 0.2863

RGB percentages100%, 62%, 28.6%

HSLhsl(28, 100%, 64.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(28, 71.4%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 38%, 71.4%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,752,201

CSS custom property--colour: #FF9E49;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46195WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness186.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.24:1

Contrast with white2.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#ACACAC

Inverted#0061B6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BBA83Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#D2BE49no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FF898Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.05:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 12.7 Peru · ΔE 17.4 Chocolate · ΔE 19.3 Dark orange · ΔE 19.7 Coral · ΔE 20.1 Orange · ΔE 21.8

Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 12.7, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#49AAFF

Analogous#FF494F, #FFF949

Triadic#49FF9E, #9E49FF

Split complementary#49FFF9, #494FFF

Tetradic#4FFF49, #49AAFF, #F949FF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFF0E2

Lighter +20%#FFD4AF

Lighter +10%#FFB97C

Darker −10%#FF8316

Darker −20%#E26A00

Darker −30%#AF5200

Darker −40%#7C3A00

More saturated +25%#FF9E49

Less saturated −25%#E8A060

Channel breakdown

R255

G158

B73

Red255 (100%)

Green158 (62%)

Blue73 (28.6%)

Hue28.02°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness64.31%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G 9E · B 49

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