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Recognised as Colour

#FFAA86

  • #FFAA86
  • Orange
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light salmon

#FFAA86 is a orange with RGB values 255, 170, 134 and HSL 18°, 100%, 76%. 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

#FFAA86#FFAA86
HEX#FFAA86
RGBrgb(255, 170, 134)
RGB (0–1)1, 0.6667, 0.5255
RGB percentages100%, 66.7%, 52.5%
HSLhsl(17.9, 100%, 76.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(17.9, 47.5%, 100%)
CMYK0%, 33.3%, 47.5%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,755,334
CSS custom property--colour: #FFAA86;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51731WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness196.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.35:1
Contrast with white1.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9
Inverted#005579

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C0B483no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#D4C685no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.1 from the original
Tritanopia#FF9CA1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.85:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light salmon · ΔE 5.8Dark salmon · ΔE 8.2Sandy brown · ΔE 16.4Burlywood · ΔE 20.3Salmon · ΔE 20.5Light coral · ΔE 22.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight salmon (#FFA07A)ΔE 5.78, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#86DBFF
Analogous#FF869F, #FFE686
Triadic#86FFAA, #AA86FF
Split complementary#86FFE6, #869FFF
Tetradic#9EFF86, #86DBFF, #E686FF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFF2EC
Lighter +10%#FFCEB9
Darker −10%#FF8653
Darker −20%#FF6220
Darker −30%#EC4600
Darker −40%#B93700
More saturated +25%#FFAA86
Less saturated −25%#F0B095

Channel breakdown

R255
G170
B134
Red255 (100%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue134 (52.5%)
Hue17.85°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness76.27%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FF · G AA · B 86

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