Colour

#FFAD31

#FFAD31
Orange
Light
Nearest: Orange

#FFAD31 is a orange with RGB values 255, 173, 49 and HSL 36°, 100%, 60%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Orange.

Colour values

#FFAD31#FFAD31

HEX#FFAD31

RGBrgb(255, 173, 49)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.6784, 0.1922

RGB percentages100%, 67.8%, 19.2%

HSLhsl(36.1, 100%, 59.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(36.1, 80.8%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 32.2%, 80.8%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,756,017

CSS custom property--colour: #FFAD31;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51369WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness193.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.27:1

Contrast with white1.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B5B5B5

Inverted#0052CE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C9B217no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27 from the original

Deuteranopia#DDC635no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FF9896no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.86:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Orange · ΔE 9.4 Goldenrod · ΔE 13.6 Dark orange · ΔE 18.6 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 22.1 Sandy brown · ΔE 24 Peru · ΔE 27.2

Nearest named CSS colourOrange (#FFA500)ΔE 9.35, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3183FF

Analogous#FF4631, #EAFF31

Triadic#31FFAD, #AD31FF

Split complementary#31EAFF, #4631FF

Tetradic#31FF46, #3183FF, #FF31EA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFEFD

Lighter +30%#FFEACA

Lighter +20%#FFD697

Lighter +10%#FFC164

Darker −10%#FD9800

Darker −20%#CA7A00

Darker −30%#975B00

Darker −40%#643C00

More saturated +25%#FFAD31

Less saturated −25%#E5A84B

Channel breakdown

R255

G173

B49

Red255 (100%)

Green173 (67.8%)

Blue49 (19.2%)

Hue36.12°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness59.61%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G AD · B 31

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