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Recognised as Colour

#FFA36C

  • #FFA36C
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sandy brown

#FFA36C is a orange with RGB values 255, 163, 108 and HSL 22°, 100%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sandy brown.

Colour values

#FFA36C#FFA36C
HEX#FFA36C
RGBrgb(255, 163, 108)
RGB (0–1)1, 0.6392, 0.4235
RGB percentages100%, 63.9%, 42.4%
HSLhsl(22.4, 100%, 71.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(22.4, 57.6%, 100%)
CMYK0%, 36.1%, 57.6%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,753,516
CSS custom property--colour: #FFA36C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48537WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness190.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.71:1
Contrast with white1.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B3B3B3
Inverted#005C93

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BDAD67no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#D3C16Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.9 from the original
Tritanopia#FF9196no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.96:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 7.3Light salmon · ΔE 8.4Dark salmon · ΔE 15.7Peru · ΔE 16.3Coral · ΔE 19Salmon · ΔE 22.6
Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 7.32, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6CC8FF
Analogous#FF6C7E, #FFED6C
Triadic#6CFFA3, #A36CFF
Split complementary#6CFFED, #6C7EFF
Tetradic#7EFF6C, #6CC8FF, #ED6CFF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFE3D2
Lighter +10%#FFC39F
Darker −10%#FF8339
Darker −20%#FF6306
Darker −30%#D24F00
Darker −40%#9F3B00
More saturated +25%#FFA36C
Less saturated −25%#EDA87E

Channel breakdown

R255
G163
B108
Red255 (100%)
Green163 (63.9%)
Blue108 (42.4%)
Hue22.45°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness71.18%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FF · G A3 · B 6C

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