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Recognised as Colour

#FFAA56

  • #FFAA56
  • Orange
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sandy brown

#FFAA56 is a orange with RGB values 255, 170, 86 and HSL 30°, 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

#FFAA56#FFAA56
HEX#FFAA56
RGBrgb(255, 170, 86)
RGB (0–1)1, 0.6667, 0.3373
RGB percentages100%, 66.7%, 33.7%
HSLhsl(29.8, 100%, 66.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(29.8, 66.3%, 100%)
CMYK0%, 33.3%, 66.3%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,755,286
CSS custom property--colour: #FFAA56;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50681WCAG 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 11.14:1
Contrast with white1.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B6B6B6
Inverted#0055A9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C5B14Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29 from the original
Deuteranopia#D9C457no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.5 from the original
Tritanopia#FF9797no 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 text1.89:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 8.5Peru · ΔE 16.5Goldenrod · ΔE 21.4Light salmon · ΔE 21.8Dark goldenrod · ΔE 23.5Orange · ΔE 24.1
Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 8.51, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#56ABFF
Analogous#FF5656, #FFFF56
Triadic#56FFAA, #AA56FF
Split complementary#56FFFF, #5656FF
Tetradic#56FF56, #56ABFF, #FF56FF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFF7EF
Lighter +20%#FFDDBC
Lighter +10%#FFC489
Darker −10%#FF9023
Darker −20%#EF7700
Darker −30%#BC5D00
Darker −40%#894400
More saturated +25%#FFAA56
Less saturated −25%#EAAA6B

Channel breakdown

R255
G170
B86
Red255 (100%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue86 (33.7%)
Hue29.82°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness66.86%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FF · G AA · B 56

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