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Recognised as Colour

#FFAE8F

  • #FFAE8F
  • Orange
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark salmon

#FFAE8F is a orange with RGB values 255, 174, 143 and HSL 17°, 100%, 78%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark salmon.

Colour values

#FFAE8F#FFAE8F
HEX#FFAE8F
RGBrgb(255, 174, 143)
RGB (0–1)1, 0.6824, 0.5608
RGB percentages100%, 68.2%, 56.1%
HSLhsl(16.6, 100%, 78%)
HSV / HSBhsv(16.6, 43.9%, 100%)
CMYK0%, 31.8%, 43.9%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,756,367
CSS custom property--colour: #FFAE8F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53515WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness198.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.7:1
Contrast with white1.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD
Inverted#005170

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C2B78Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#D6C88Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30 from the original
Tritanopia#FFA1A6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.79:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark salmon · ΔE 8.6Light salmon · ΔE 9.2Burlywood · ΔE 19.2Sandy brown · ΔE 19.6Tan · ΔE 21.6Salmon · ΔE 22
Nearest named CSS colourDark salmon (#E9967A)ΔE 8.58, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8FE0FF
Analogous#FF8FA8, #FFE68F
Triadic#8FFFAE, #AE8FFF
Split complementary#8FFFE6, #8FA8FF
Tetradic#A8FF8F, #8FE0FF, #E68FFF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFF8F5
Lighter +10%#FFD3C2
Darker −10%#FF895C
Darker −20%#FF6429
Darker −30%#F54400
Darker −40%#C23600
More saturated +25%#FFAE8F
Less saturated −25%#F1B49D

Channel breakdown

R255
G174
B143
Red255 (100%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue143 (56.1%)
Hue16.61°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness78.04%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FF · G AE · B 8F

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