Colour

#FFB955

#FFB955
Orange
Light
Nearest: Goldenrod

#FFB955 is a orange with RGB values 255, 185, 85 and HSL 35°, 100%, 67%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

#FFB955#FFB955

HEX#FFB955

RGBrgb(255, 185, 85)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.7255, 0.3333

RGB percentages100%, 72.5%, 33.3%

HSLhsl(35.3, 100%, 66.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(35.3, 66.7%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 27.5%, 66.7%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,759,125

CSS custom property--colour: #FFB955;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56614WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness200.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.32:1

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

Contrast with black12.32:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C1C1C1

Inverted#0046AA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D2BC4Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#E2CD58no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.4 from the original

Tritanopia#FFA7A3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.6 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 text12.32:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 15.1 Sandy brown · ΔE 15.5 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 21.9 Orange · ΔE 22 Peru · ΔE 22.1 Dark orange · ΔE 28.6

Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 15.14, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#559BFF

Analogous#FF6455, #F0FF55

Triadic#55FFB9, #B955FF

Split complementary#55F0FF, #6455FF

Tetradic#55FF64, #559BFF, #FF55F0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFF8EE

Lighter +20%#FFE3BB

Lighter +10%#FFCE88

Darker −10%#FFA422

Darker −20%#EE8C00

Darker −30%#BB6E00

Darker −40%#885000

More saturated +25%#FFB955

Less saturated −25%#EAB56A

Channel breakdown

R255

G185

B85

Red255 (100%)

Green185 (72.5%)

Blue85 (33.3%)

Hue35.29°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness66.67%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G B9 · B 55

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