Recognised as Colour

#FFAA75

#FFAA75
Orange
Light
Nearest: Sandy brown

#FFAA75 is a orange with RGB values 255, 170, 117 and HSL 23°, 100%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sandy brown.

Colour values

#FFAA75#FFAA75

HEX#FFAA75

RGBrgb(255, 170, 117)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.6667, 0.4588

RGB percentages100%, 66.7%, 45.9%

HSLhsl(23, 100%, 72.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(23, 54.1%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 33.3%, 54.1%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,755,317

CSS custom property--colour: #FFAA75;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51294WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness194.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.26:1

Contrast with white1.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B8B8B8

Inverted#00558A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C2B371no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#D6C575no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FF9A9Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.87:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 8 Light salmon · ΔE 8.1 Dark salmon · ΔE 14.3 Peru · ΔE 17.7 Burlywood · ΔE 21.2 Coral · ΔE 23

Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 7.98, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#75CAFF

Analogous#FF7585, #FFEF75

Triadic#75FFAA, #AA75FF

Split complementary#75FFEF, #7585FF

Tetradic#85FF75, #75CAFF, #EF75FF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFE9DB

Lighter +10%#FFC9A8

Darker −10%#FF8B42

Darker −20%#FF6B0F

Darker −30%#DB5400

Darker −40%#A84100

More saturated +25%#FFAA75

Less saturated −25%#EEAE86

Channel breakdown

R255

G170

B117

Red255 (100%)

Green170 (66.7%)

Blue117 (45.9%)

Hue23.04°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness72.94%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G AA · B 75

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