Colour

#FFA915

#FFA915
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Nearest: Orange

#FFA915 is a orange with RGB values 255, 169, 21 and HSL 38°, 100%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Orange.

Colour values

#FFA915#FFA915

HEX#FFA915

RGBrgb(255, 169, 21)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.6627, 0.0824

RGB percentages100%, 66.3%, 8.2%

HSLhsl(37.9, 100%, 54.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(37.9, 91.8%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 33.7%, 91.8%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,754,965

CSS custom property--colour: #FFA915;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4969WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness190.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.94:1

Contrast with white1.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B1B1B1

Inverted#0056EA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C7AF00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#DBC31Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29 from the original

Tritanopia#FF9391no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 60.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.92:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Orange · ΔE 3 Dark orange · ΔE 16.2 Goldenrod · ΔE 16.6 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 25 Gold · ΔE 28.3 Sandy brown · ΔE 30.2

Nearest named CSS colourOrange (#FFA500)ΔE 2.95, a close match

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#156BFF

Analogous#FF3415, #E0FF15

Triadic#15FFA9, #A915FF

Split complementary#15E0FF, #3415FF

Tetradic#15FF34, #156BFF, #FF15E0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFF4E1

Lighter +30%#FFE1AE

Lighter +20%#FFCE7B

Lighter +10%#FFBC48

Darker −10%#E18E00

Darker −20%#AE6E00

Darker −30%#7B4E00

Darker −40%#482E00

More saturated +25%#FFA915

Less saturated −25%#E2A132

Channel breakdown

R255

G169

B21

Red255 (100%)

Green169 (66.3%)

Blue21 (8.2%)

Hue37.95°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness54.12%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G A9 · B 15

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