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Recognised as Colour

#FFAF69

  • #FFAF69
  • Orange
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sandy brown

#FFAF69 is a orange with RGB values 255, 175, 105 and HSL 28°, 100%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sandy brown.

Colour values

#FFAF69#FFAF69
HEX#FFAF69
RGBrgb(255, 175, 105)
RGB (0–1)1, 0.6863, 0.4118
RGB percentages100%, 68.6%, 41.2%
HSLhsl(28, 100%, 70.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(28, 58.8%, 100%)
CMYK0%, 31.4%, 58.8%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,756,585
CSS custom property--colour: #FFAF69;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5294WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness196.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.59:1
Contrast with white1.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BBBBBB
Inverted#005096

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C8B663no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#DAC86Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.3 from the original
Tritanopia#FF9E9Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.81:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 4Light salmon · ΔE 15.9Peru · ΔE 16.1Dark salmon · ΔE 21.9Burlywood · ΔE 23Coral · ΔE 25.3
Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 3.97, a close match
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#69B9FF
Analogous#FF696E, #FFFA69
Triadic#69FFAF, #AF69FF
Split complementary#69FFFA, #696EFF
Tetradic#6EFF69, #69B9FF, #FA69FF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFE5CF
Lighter +10%#FFCA9C
Darker −10%#FF9436
Darker −20%#FF7903
Darker −30%#CF6100
Darker −40%#9C4900
More saturated +25%#FFAF69
Less saturated −25%#ECB07C

Channel breakdown

R255
G175
B105
Red255 (100%)
Green175 (68.6%)
Blue105 (41.2%)
Hue28°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness70.59%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FF · G AF · B 69

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