Colour

#FFBB74

#FFBB74
Orange
Light
Nearest: Sandy brown

#FFBB74 is a orange with RGB values 255, 187, 116 and HSL 31°, 100%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sandy brown.

Colour values

#FFBB74#FFBB74

HEX#FFBB74

RGBrgb(255, 187, 116)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.7333, 0.4549

RGB percentages100%, 73.3%, 45.5%

HSLhsl(30.6, 100%, 72.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(30.6, 54.5%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 26.7%, 54.5%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,759,668

CSS custom property--colour: #FFBB74;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58062WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness203.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.61:1

Contrast with white1.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C4C4C4

Inverted#00448B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D1BF6Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#E1CF75no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.6 from the original

Tritanopia#FFACAAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.67:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 9.3 Burlywood · ΔE 18.5 Light salmon · ΔE 19.1 Peru · ΔE 19.7 Navajo white · ΔE 23 Dark salmon · ΔE 23.6

Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 9.3, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#74B8FF

Analogous#FF7574, #FEFF74

Triadic#74FFBB, #BB74FF

Split complementary#74FDFF, #7574FF

Tetradic#74FF75, #74B8FF, #FF74FD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFEDDA

Lighter +10%#FFD4A7

Darker −10%#FFA241

Darker −20%#FF890E

Darker −30%#DA6F00

Darker −40%#A75500

More saturated +25%#FFBB74

Less saturated −25%#EEBB85

Channel breakdown

R255

G187

B116

Red255 (100%)

Green187 (73.3%)

Blue116 (45.5%)

Hue30.65°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness72.75%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G BB · B 74

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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