Colour

#FFD979

#FFD979
Orange
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FFD979 is a orange with RGB values 255, 217, 121 and HSL 43°, 100%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#FFD979#FFD979

HEX#FFD979

RGBrgb(255, 217, 121)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.851, 0.4745

RGB percentages100%, 85.1%, 47.5%

HSLhsl(43, 100%, 73.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(43, 52.5%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 14.9%, 52.5%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,767,353

CSS custom property--colour: #FFD979;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72266WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness220.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.45:1

Contrast with white1.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.45:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DADADA

Inverted#002686

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EDD771no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#F6E17Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FFCBC2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.36:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 12.9 Dark khaki · ΔE 22 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 22.9 Navajo white · ΔE 23.7 Burlywood · ΔE 24.9 Goldenrod · ΔE 25.2

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 12.92, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#799FFF

Analogous#FF9679, #E2FF79

Triadic#79FFD9, #D979FF

Split complementary#79E2FF, #9679FF

Tetradic#79FF96, #799FFF, #FF79E2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFF6DF

Lighter +10%#FFE7AC

Darker −10%#FFCB46

Darker −20%#FFBC13

Darker −30%#DFA000

Darker −40%#AC7B00

More saturated +25%#FFD979

Less saturated −25%#EED28A

Channel breakdown

R255

G217

B121

Red255 (100%)

Green217 (85.1%)

Blue121 (47.5%)

Hue42.99°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness73.73%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G D9 · B 79

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