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Recognised as Colour

#FFAF78

  • #FFAF78
  • Orange
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sandy brown

#FFAF78 is a orange with RGB values 255, 175, 120 and HSL 24°, 100%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sandy brown.

Colour values

#FFAF78#FFAF78
HEX#FFAF78
RGBrgb(255, 175, 120)
RGB (0–1)1, 0.6863, 0.4706
RGB percentages100%, 68.6%, 47.1%
HSLhsl(24.4, 100%, 73.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(24.4, 52.9%, 100%)
CMYK0%, 31.4%, 52.9%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,756,600
CSS custom property--colour: #FFAF78;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53276WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness197.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.66:1
Contrast with white1.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.66:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BCBCBC
Inverted#005087

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C6B674no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#D9C878no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.6 from the original
Tritanopia#FF9FA1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.8:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 8.1Light salmon · ΔE 10.2Dark salmon · ΔE 15.4Peru · ΔE 18.3Burlywood · ΔE 19.2Tan · ΔE 24.2
Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 8.07, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#78C8FF
Analogous#FF7885, #FFF378
Triadic#78FFAF, #AF78FF
Split complementary#78FFF3, #7885FF
Tetradic#84FF78, #78C8FF, #F378FF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFEBDE
Lighter +10%#FFCDAB
Darker −10%#FF9145
Darker −20%#FF7312
Darker −30%#DE5A00
Darker −40%#AB4600
More saturated +25%#FFAF78
Less saturated −25%#EEB289

Channel breakdown

R255
G175
B120
Red255 (100%)
Green175 (68.6%)
Blue120 (47.1%)
Hue24.44°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness73.53%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FF · G AF · B 78

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