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Recognised as Colour

#FF9E61

  • #FF9E61
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sandy brown

#FF9E61 is a orange with RGB values 255, 158, 97 and HSL 23°, 100%, 69%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sandy brown.

Colour values

#FF9E61#FF9E61
HEX#FF9E61
RGBrgb(255, 158, 97)
RGB (0–1)1, 0.6196, 0.3804
RGB percentages100%, 62%, 38%
HSLhsl(23.2, 100%, 69%)
HSV / HSBhsv(23.2, 62%, 100%)
CMYK0%, 38%, 62%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,752,225
CSS custom property--colour: #FF9E61;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46577WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness187.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.32:1
Contrast with white2.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.32:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AEAEAE
Inverted#00619E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B9A95Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#D1BE61no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.9 from the original
Tritanopia#FF8B90no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.04:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.32:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 7.6Light salmon · ΔE 12.1Peru · ΔE 15.3Coral · ΔE 16.2Dark salmon · ΔE 19.4Chocolate · ΔE 21.6
Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 7.62, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#61C2FF
Analogous#FF6173, #FFED61
Triadic#61FF9E, #9E61FF
Split complementary#61FFED, #6173FF
Tetradic#73FF61, #61C2FF, #ED61FF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFCFA
Lighter +20%#FFDDC7
Lighter +10%#FFBD94
Darker −10%#FF7F2E
Darker −20%#FA6100
Darker −30%#C74D00
Darker −40%#943900
More saturated +25%#FF9E61
Less saturated −25%#EBA275

Channel breakdown

R255
G158
B97
Red255 (100%)
Green158 (62%)
Blue97 (38%)
Hue23.16°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness69.02%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FF · G 9E · B 61

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