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Recognised as Colour

#FFAA24

  • #FFAA24
  • Orange
  • Light
  • Nearest: Orange

#FFAA24 is a orange with RGB values 255, 170, 36 and HSL 37°, 100%, 57%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Orange.

Colour values

#FFAA24#FFAA24
HEX#FFAA24
RGBrgb(255, 170, 36)
RGB (0–1)1, 0.6667, 0.1412
RGB percentages100%, 66.7%, 14.1%
HSLhsl(36.7, 100%, 57.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(36.7, 85.9%, 100%)
CMYK0%, 33.3%, 85.9%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,755,236
CSS custom property--colour: #FFAA24;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50137WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness191.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.03:1
Contrast with white1.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2
Inverted#0055DB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C7B000no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#DBC429no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29 from the original
Tritanopia#FF9592no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 57.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.9:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Orange · ΔE 5.8Goldenrod · ΔE 15.1Dark orange · ΔE 16.5Dark goldenrod · ΔE 23.5Sandy brown · ΔE 27.1Gold · ΔE 29.3
Nearest named CSS colourOrange (#FFA500)ΔE 5.76, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2479FF
Analogous#FF3C24, #E7FF24
Triadic#24FFAA, #AA24FF
Split complementary#24E7FF, #3D24FF
Tetradic#24FF3C, #2479FF, #FF24E6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFF9F0
Lighter +30%#FFE5BD
Lighter +20%#FFD28A
Lighter +10%#FFBE57
Darker −10%#F09300
Darker −20%#BD7400
Darker −30%#8A5400
Darker −40%#573500
More saturated +25%#FFAA24
Less saturated −25%#E4A43F

Channel breakdown

R255
G170
B36
Red255 (100%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue36 (14.1%)
Hue36.71°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness57.06%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FF · G AA · B 24

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