Colour

#FFA973

#FFA973
Orange
Light
Nearest: Sandy brown

#FFA973 is a orange with RGB values 255, 169, 115 and HSL 23°, 100%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sandy brown.

Colour values

#FFA973#FFA973

HEX#FFA973

RGBrgb(255, 169, 115)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.6627, 0.451

RGB percentages100%, 66.3%, 45.1%

HSLhsl(23.1, 100%, 72.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(23.1, 54.9%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 33.7%, 54.9%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,755,059

CSS custom property--colour: #FFA973;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50874WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness194.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.17:1

Contrast with white1.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7

Inverted#00568C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C1B26Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31 from the original

Deuteranopia#D6C473no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FF989Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.88:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 7.4 Light salmon · ΔE 8.3 Dark salmon · ΔE 14.7 Peru · ΔE 17.2 Burlywood · ΔE 21.9 Coral · ΔE 22.4

Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 7.42, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#73C9FF

Analogous#FF7383, #FFEF73

Triadic#73FFA9, #A973FF

Split complementary#73FFEF, #7383FF

Tetradic#83FF73, #73C9FF, #EF73FF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFE8D9

Lighter +10%#FFC8A6

Darker −10%#FF8A40

Darker −20%#FF6A0D

Darker −30%#D95400

Darker −40%#A64000

More saturated +25%#FFA973

Less saturated −25%#EEAD84

Channel breakdown

R255

G169

B115

Red255 (100%)

Green169 (66.3%)

Blue115 (45.1%)

Hue23.14°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness72.55%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G A9 · B 73

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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