Colour

#FFAC01

#FFAC01
Orange
Light
Nearest: Orange

#FFAC01 is a orange with RGB values 255, 172, 1 and HSL 40°, 100%, 50%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Orange.

Colour values

#FFAC01#FFAC01

HEX#FFAC01

RGBrgb(255, 172, 1)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.6745, 0.0039

RGB percentages100%, 67.5%, 0.4%

HSLhsl(40.4, 100%, 50.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(40.4, 99.6%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 32.5%, 99.6%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,755,713

CSS custom property--colour: #FFAC01;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50767WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness191.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.15:1

Contrast with white1.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B1B1B1

Inverted#0053FE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C9B100no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27 from the original

Deuteranopia#DDC512no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.6 from the original

Tritanopia#FF9693no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 64.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.88:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Orange · ΔE 4.1 Goldenrod · ΔE 17.2 Dark orange · ΔE 18.5 Gold · ΔE 25.6 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 26.5 Sandy brown · ΔE 33.3

Nearest named CSS colourOrange (#FFA500)ΔE 4.09, a close match

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0154FF

Analogous#FF2D01, #D3FF01

Triadic#01FFAC, #AC01FF

Split complementary#01D3FF, #2D01FF

Tetradic#01FF2D, #0154FF, #FF01D3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFEFCD

Lighter +30%#FFDE9A

Lighter +20%#FFCD67

Lighter +10%#FFBD34

Darker −10%#CD8A00

Darker −20%#9A6800

Darker −30%#674500

Darker −40%#342300

More saturated +25%#FFAC01

Less saturated −25%#DFA121

Channel breakdown

R255

G172

Red255 (100%)

Green172 (67.5%)

Blue1 (0.4%)

Hue40.39°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness50.2%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G AC · B 01

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