Colour

#FFA960

#FFA960
Orange
Light
Nearest: Sandy brown

#FFA960 is a orange with RGB values 255, 169, 96 and HSL 28°, 100%, 69%. 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

#FFA960#FFA960

HEX#FFA960

RGBrgb(255, 169, 96)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.6627, 0.3765

RGB percentages100%, 66.3%, 37.6%

HSLhsl(27.5, 100%, 68.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(27.5, 62.4%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 33.7%, 62.4%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,755,040

CSS custom property--colour: #FFA960;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5048WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness193 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.1:1

Contrast with white1.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail

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

Greyscale equivalent#B6B6B6

Inverted#00569F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C3B159no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#D7C461no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.7 from the original

Tritanopia#FF9798no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.5 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 text11.1:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 4.4 Peru · ΔE 15.2 Light salmon · ΔE 16.8 Coral · ΔE 22.6 Dark salmon · ΔE 23.4 Chocolate · ΔE 24.7

Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 4.37, a close match

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#60B6FF

Analogous#FF6066, #FFF960

Triadic#60FFA9, #A960FF

Split complementary#60FFF8, #6067FF

Tetradic#66FF60, #60B6FF, #F960FF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFCF9

Lighter +20%#FFE0C6

Lighter +10%#FFC593

Darker −10%#FF8D2D

Darker −20%#F97200

Darker −30%#C65B00

Darker −40%#934300

More saturated +25%#FFA960

Less saturated −25%#EBAB74

Channel breakdown

R255

G169

B96

Red255 (100%)

Green169 (66.3%)

Blue96 (37.6%)

Hue27.55°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness68.82%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G A9 · B 60

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