Colour

#FFAC22

#FFAC22
Orange
Light
Nearest: Orange

#FFAC22 is a orange with RGB values 255, 172, 34 and HSL 37°, 100%, 57%. 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

#FFAC22#FFAC22

HEX#FFAC22

RGBrgb(255, 172, 34)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.6745, 0.1333

RGB percentages100%, 67.5%, 13.3%

HSLhsl(37.5, 100%, 56.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(37.5, 86.7%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 32.5%, 86.7%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,755,746

CSS custom property--colour: #FFAC22;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50881WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness192.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.18:1

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

Contrast with black11.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B4B4B4

Inverted#0053DD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C9B100no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#DCC528no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28 from the original

Tritanopia#FF9794no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 59 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 text11.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Orange · ΔE 5.7 Goldenrod · ΔE 14.7 Dark orange · ΔE 17.7 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 23.7 Gold · ΔE 27.8 Sandy brown · ΔE 28.1

Nearest named CSS colourOrange (#FFA500)ΔE 5.65, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2275FF

Analogous#FF3E22, #E3FF22

Triadic#22FFAC, #AC22FF

Split complementary#22E3FF, #3E22FF

Tetradic#22FF3D, #2275FF, #FF22E3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFF9EE

Lighter +30%#FFE5BB

Lighter +20%#FFD288

Lighter +10%#FFBF55

Darker −10%#EE9500

Darker −20%#BB7500

Darker −30%#885500

Darker −40%#553500

More saturated +25%#FFAC22

Less saturated −25%#E3A53E

Channel breakdown

R255

G172

B34

Red255 (100%)

Green172 (67.5%)

Blue34 (13.3%)

Hue37.47°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness56.67%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G AC · B 22

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