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Recognised as Colour

#FFAA81

  • #FFAA81
  • Orange
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light salmon

#FFAA81 is a orange with RGB values 255, 170, 129 and HSL 20°, 100%, 75%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light salmon.

Colour values

#FFAA81#FFAA81
HEX#FFAA81
RGBrgb(255, 170, 129)
RGB (0–1)1, 0.6667, 0.5059
RGB percentages100%, 66.7%, 50.6%
HSLhsl(19.5, 100%, 75.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(19.5, 49.4%, 100%)
CMYK0%, 33.3%, 49.4%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,755,329
CSS custom property--colour: #FFAA81;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51594WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness195.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.32:1
Contrast with white1.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.32:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9
Inverted#00557E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C1B37Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#D5C581no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.1 from the original
Tritanopia#FF9BA0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.86:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.32:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light salmon · ΔE 5.2Dark salmon · ΔE 9.5Sandy brown · ΔE 13.8Burlywood · ΔE 20.2Salmon · ΔE 21.3Peru · ΔE 21.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight salmon (#FFA07A)ΔE 5.2, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#81D6FF
Analogous#FF8197, #FFE981
Triadic#81FFAA, #AA81FF
Split complementary#81FFE9, #8197FF
Tetradic#97FF81, #81D6FF, #E981FF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFEFE7
Lighter +10%#FFCCB4
Darker −10%#FF884E
Darker −20%#FF651B
Darker −30%#E74B00
Darker −40%#B43B00
More saturated +25%#FFAA81
Less saturated −25%#EFB091

Channel breakdown

R255
G170
B129
Red255 (100%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue129 (50.6%)
Hue19.52°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness75.29%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FF · G AA · B 81

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