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Recognised as Colour

#FFAA29

  • #FFAA29
  • Orange
  • Light
  • Nearest: Orange

#FFAA29 is a orange with RGB values 255, 170, 41 and HSL 36°, 100%, 58%. 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

#FFAA29#FFAA29
HEX#FFAA29
RGBrgb(255, 170, 41)
RGB (0–1)1, 0.6667, 0.1608
RGB percentages100%, 66.7%, 16.1%
HSLhsl(36.2, 100%, 58%)
HSV / HSBhsv(36.2, 83.9%, 100%)
CMYK0%, 33.3%, 83.9%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,755,241
CSS custom property--colour: #FFAA29;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5017WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness191.3 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#B3B3B3
Inverted#0055D6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C7B000no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#DBC42Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.9 from the original
Tritanopia#FF9592no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 56.3 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 7Goldenrod · ΔE 14.9Dark orange · ΔE 16.7Dark goldenrod · ΔE 22.9Sandy brown · ΔE 25.7Peru · ΔE 28.4
Nearest named CSS colourOrange (#FFA500)ΔE 7.02, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#297EFF
Analogous#FF3F29, #E9FF29
Triadic#29FFAA, #AA29FF
Split complementary#29E9FF, #3F29FF
Tetradic#29FF3F, #297EFF, #FF29E9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFBF5
Lighter +30%#FFE7C2
Lighter +20%#FFD38F
Lighter +10%#FFBE5C
Darker −10%#F59400
Darker −20%#C27500
Darker −30%#8F5600
Darker −40%#5C3700
More saturated +25%#FFAA29
Less saturated −25%#E4A444

Channel breakdown

R255
G170
B41
Red255 (100%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue41 (16.1%)
Hue36.17°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness58.04%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FF · G AA · B 29

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