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Colour

#FFA859

  • #FFA859
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sandy brown

#FFA859 is a orange with RGB values 255, 168, 89 and HSL 29°, 100%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 11:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sandy brown.

Colour values

#FFA859#FFA859
HEX#FFA859
RGBrgb(255, 168, 89)
RGB (0–1)1, 0.6588, 0.349
RGB percentages100%, 65.9%, 34.9%
HSLhsl(28.6, 100%, 67.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(28.6, 65.1%, 100%)
CMYK0%, 34.1%, 65.1%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,754,777
CSS custom property--colour: #FFA859;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.49987WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness192.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11:1
Contrast with white1.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B5B5B5
Inverted#0057A6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C3B051no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#D7C35Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.8 from the original
Tritanopia#FF9596no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.91:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 6.8Peru · ΔE 15.6Light salmon · ΔE 19.6Coral · ΔE 22.9Goldenrod · ΔE 23.4Chocolate · ΔE 23.7
Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 6.82, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#59B0FF
Analogous#FF595D, #FFFB59
Triadic#59FFA8, #A859FF
Split complementary#59FFFB, #595DFF
Tetradic#5DFF59, #59B0FF, #FB59FF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFF8F2
Lighter +20%#FFDDBF
Lighter +10%#FFC38C
Darker −10%#FF8D26
Darker −20%#F27300
Darker −30%#BF5B00
Darker −40%#8C4300
More saturated +25%#FFA859
Less saturated −25%#EAA96E

Channel breakdown

R255
G168
B89
Red255 (100%)
Green168 (65.9%)
Blue89 (34.9%)
Hue28.55°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness67.45%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FF · G A8 · B 59

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