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Recognised as Colour

#FFB46E

  • #FFB46E
  • Orange
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sandy brown

#FFB46E is a orange with RGB values 255, 180, 110 and HSL 29°, 100%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sandy brown.

Colour values

#FFB46E#FFB46E
HEX#FFB46E
RGBrgb(255, 180, 110)
RGB (0–1)1, 0.7059, 0.4314
RGB percentages100%, 70.6%, 43.1%
HSLhsl(29, 100%, 71.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(29, 56.9%, 100%)
CMYK0%, 29.4%, 56.9%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,757,870
CSS custom property--colour: #FFB46E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55028WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness199.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.01:1
Contrast with white1.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BFBFBF
Inverted#004B91

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CCBA68no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25 from the original
Deuteranopia#DDCB6Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.9 from the original
Tritanopia#FFA4A3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.75:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 5.9Light salmon · ΔE 16.9Peru · ΔE 17.4Burlywood · ΔE 20.9Dark salmon · ΔE 22.2Navajo white · ΔE 26.2
Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 5.93, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6EB9FF
Analogous#FF6E71, #FFFC6E
Triadic#6EFFB4, #B46EFF
Split complementary#6EFFFD, #6E70FF
Tetradic#70FF6E, #6EB9FF, #FC6EFF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFE9D4
Lighter +10%#FFCEA1
Darker −10%#FF9A3B
Darker −20%#FF7F08
Darker −30%#D46600
Darker −40%#A14E00
More saturated +25%#FFB46E
Less saturated −25%#EDB580

Channel breakdown

R255
G180
B110
Red255 (100%)
Green180 (70.6%)
Blue110 (43.1%)
Hue28.97°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness71.57%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FF · G B4 · B 6E

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