Colour

#FFA956

#FFA956
Orange
Light
Nearest: Sandy brown

#FFA956 is a orange with RGB values 255, 169, 86 and HSL 29°, 100%, 67%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sandy brown.

Colour values

#FFA956#FFA956

HEX#FFA956

RGBrgb(255, 169, 86)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.6627, 0.3373

RGB percentages100%, 66.3%, 33.7%

HSLhsl(29.5, 100%, 66.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(29.5, 66.3%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 33.7%, 66.3%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,755,030

CSS custom property--colour: #FFA956;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50308WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness192.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.06:1

Contrast with white1.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B5B5B5

Inverted#0056A9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C4B04Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#D8C457no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.4 from the original

Tritanopia#FF9697no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.9:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 8.3 Peru · ΔE 16.2 Light salmon · ΔE 21.4 Goldenrod · ΔE 21.8 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 23.7 Coral · ΔE 24

Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 8.26, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#56ACFF

Analogous#FF5657, #FFFE56

Triadic#56FFA9, #A956FF

Split complementary#56FFFD, #5658FF

Tetradic#58FF56, #56ACFF, #FD56FF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFF7EF

Lighter +20%#FFDDBC

Lighter +10%#FFC389

Darker −10%#FF8F23

Darker −20%#EF7500

Darker −30%#BC5C00

Darker −40%#894300

More saturated +25%#FFA956

Less saturated −25%#EAA96B

Channel breakdown

R255

G169

B86

Red255 (100%)

Green169 (66.3%)

Blue86 (33.7%)

Hue29.47°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness66.86%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G A9 · B 56

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