Recognised as Colour

#FFAB61

#FFAB61
Orange
Light
Nearest: Sandy brown

#FFAB61 is a orange with RGB values 255, 171, 97 and HSL 28°, 100%, 69%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sandy brown.

Colour values

#FFAB61#FFAB61

HEX#FFAB61

RGBrgb(255, 171, 97)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.6706, 0.3804

RGB percentages100%, 67.1%, 38%

HSLhsl(28.1, 100%, 69%)

HSV / HSBhsv(28.1, 62%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 32.9%, 62%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,755,553

CSS custom property--colour: #FFAB61;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51249WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness194.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.25:1

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

Contrast with black11.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B8B8B8

Inverted#00549E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C5B25Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#D9C562no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FF999Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.1 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 text11.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 4.4 Peru · ΔE 15.4 Light salmon · ΔE 17.3 Coral · ΔE 23.6 Dark salmon · ΔE 23.7 Goldenrod · ΔE 25

Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 4.39, a close match

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#61B5FF

Analogous#FF6166, #FFFA61

Triadic#61FFAB, #AB61FF

Split complementary#61FFFA, #6166FF

Tetradic#66FF61, #61B5FF, #FA61FF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFCFA

Lighter +20%#FFE1C7

Lighter +10%#FFC694

Darker −10%#FF902E

Darker −20%#FA7500

Darker −30%#C75D00

Darker −40%#944500

More saturated +25%#FFAB61

Less saturated −25%#EBAC75

Channel breakdown

R255

G171

B97

Red255 (100%)

Green171 (67.1%)

Blue97 (38%)

Hue28.1°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness69.02%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G AB · B 61

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

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