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Recognised as Colour

#FFA879

  • #FFA879
  • Orange
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light salmon

#FFA879 is a orange with RGB values 255, 168, 121 and HSL 21°, 100%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light salmon.

Colour values

#FFA879#FFA879
HEX#FFA879
RGBrgb(255, 168, 121)
RGB (0–1)1, 0.6588, 0.4745
RGB percentages100%, 65.9%, 47.5%
HSLhsl(21, 100%, 73.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(21, 52.5%, 100%)
CMYK0%, 34.1%, 52.5%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,754,809
CSS custom property--colour: #FFA879;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50646WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness194.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.13:1
Contrast with white1.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7
Inverted#005786

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C0B175no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#D4C479no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.2 from the original
Tritanopia#FF989Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.89:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light salmon · ΔE 5.4Sandy brown · ΔE 10.6Dark salmon · ΔE 11.7Peru · ΔE 19Burlywood · ΔE 21.5Salmon · ΔE 21.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight salmon (#FFA07A)ΔE 5.38, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#79D0FF
Analogous#FF798D, #FFEB79
Triadic#79FFA8, #A879FF
Split complementary#79FFEB, #798DFF
Tetradic#8DFF79, #79D0FF, #EB79FF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFEADF
Lighter +10%#FFC9AC
Darker −10%#FF8746
Darker −20%#FF6613
Darker −30%#DF4E00
Darker −40%#AC3C00
More saturated +25%#FFA879
Less saturated −25%#EEAD8A

Channel breakdown

R255
G168
B121
Red255 (100%)
Green168 (65.9%)
Blue121 (47.5%)
Hue21.04°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness73.73%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FF · G A8 · B 79

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