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Recognised as Colour

#FFE5AA

  • #FFE5AA
  • Orange
  • Light
  • Nearest: Navajo white

#FFE5AA is a orange with RGB values 255, 229, 170 and HSL 42°, 100%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Navajo white.

Colour values

#FFE5AA#FFE5AA
HEX#FFE5AA
RGBrgb(255, 229, 170)
RGB (0–1)1, 0.898, 0.6667
RGB percentages100%, 89.8%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(41.6, 100%, 83.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(41.6, 33.3%, 100%)
CMYK0%, 10.2%, 33.3%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,770,474
CSS custom property--colour: #FFE5AA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.80201WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness231.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.04:1
Contrast with white1.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E6E6E6
Inverted#001A55

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F3E3A6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#F9EAACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original
Tritanopia#FFDBD5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.23:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Navajo white · ΔE 5.7Moccasin · ΔE 6Pale goldenrod · ΔE 8Wheat · ΔE 8.5Lemon chiffon · ΔE 12.9Peach puff · ΔE 13.6
Nearest named CSS colourNavajo white (#FFDEAD)ΔE 5.71, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AAC4FF
Analogous#FFBAAA, #EFFFAA
Triadic#AAFFE5, #E5AAFF
Split complementary#AAEFFF, #BAAAFF
Tetradic#AAFFBA, #AAC4FF, #FFAAEF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FFF5DD
Darker −10%#FFD577
Darker −20%#FFC644
Darker −30%#FFB611
Darker −40%#DD9900
More saturated +25%#FFE5AA
Less saturated −25%#F4E1B5

Channel breakdown

R255
G229
B170
Red255 (100%)
Green229 (89.8%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue41.65°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness83.33%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FF · G E5 · B AA

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