Colour

#FFB874

#FFB874
Orange
Light
Nearest: Sandy brown

#FFB874 is a orange with RGB values 255, 184, 116 and HSL 29°, 100%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sandy brown.

Colour values

#FFB874#FFB874

HEX#FFB874

RGBrgb(255, 184, 116)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.7216, 0.4549

RGB percentages100%, 72.2%, 45.5%

HSLhsl(29.4, 100%, 72.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(29.4, 54.5%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 27.8%, 54.5%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,758,900

CSS custom property--colour: #FFB874;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56802WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness202.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.36:1

Contrast with white1.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.36:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2

Inverted#00478B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#CFBD6Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#DFCD75no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FFA8A8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.7:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 8 Light salmon · ΔE 17.2 Burlywood · ΔE 18.6 Peru · ΔE 18.9 Dark salmon · ΔE 21.9 Navajo white · ΔE 23.6

Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 8, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#74BBFF

Analogous#FF7475, #FFFD74

Triadic#74FFB8, #B874FF

Split complementary#74FFFD, #7475FF

Tetradic#75FF74, #74BBFF, #FD74FF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFECDA

Lighter +10%#FFD2A7

Darker −10%#FF9E41

Darker −20%#FF840E

Darker −30%#DA6B00

Darker −40%#A75200

More saturated +25%#FFB874

Less saturated −25%#EEB885

Channel breakdown

R255

G184

B116

Red255 (100%)

Green184 (72.2%)

Blue116 (45.5%)

Hue29.35°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness72.75%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G B8 · B 74

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Colour values

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