Recognised as Colour

#FFE6AA

#FFE6AA
Orange
Light
Nearest: Navajo white

#FFE6AA is a orange with RGB values 255, 230, 170 and HSL 42°, 100%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Navajo white.

Colour values

#FFE6AA#FFE6AA

HEX#FFE6AA

RGBrgb(255, 230, 170)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.902, 0.6667

RGB percentages100%, 90.2%, 66.7%

HSLhsl(42.4, 100%, 83.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(42.4, 33.3%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 9.8%, 33.3%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,770,730

CSS custom property--colour: #FFE6AA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.80756WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness231.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.15:1

Contrast with white1.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E7E7E7

Inverted#001955

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F4E4A6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#FAEBACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FFDCD6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.22:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Navajo white · ΔE 6.4 Moccasin · ΔE 6.5 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 7.6 Wheat · ΔE 8.9 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 12.9 Bisque · ΔE 14.1

Nearest named CSS colourNavajo white (#FFDEAD)ΔE 6.36, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#AAC3FF

Analogous#FFBBAA, #EDFFAA

Triadic#AAFFE6, #E6AAFF

Split complementary#AAEDFF, #BBAAFF

Tetradic#AAFFBB, #AAC3FF, #FFAAED

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%#FFD777

Darker −20%#FFC844

Darker −30%#FFB911

Darker −40%#DD9C00

More saturated +25%#FFE6AA

Less saturated −25%#F4E2B5

Channel breakdown

R255

G230

B170

Red255 (100%)

Green230 (90.2%)

Blue170 (66.7%)

Hue42.35°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness83.33%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G E6 · B AA

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