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#FA9962

#fa9962 ≈ Light Salmon

  • orange
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#fa9962 is a color from the orange family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.04% red, 60% green and 38.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 38.8% magenta, 60.8% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 21.71°, with 93.83% saturation and 68.24% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with enthusiasm, warmth and creativity. Designers typically use it for call-to-action buttons and food and restaurant brands. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.8:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Salmon (#ffa07a), ΔE 4.93.

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Web safe#ff9966
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Relative luminance0.4399

Complementary

  1. #fa9962
  2. #62c3fa

Split complementary

  1. #fa9962
  2. #62fae5
  3. #6277fa

Analogous

  1. #fa6277
  2. #fa9962
  3. #fae562

Triadic

  1. #fa9962
  2. #62fa99
  3. #9962fa

Tetradic

  1. #fa9962
  2. #c3fa62
  3. #62c3fa
  4. #9962fa

Square

  1. #fa9962
  2. #77fa62
  3. #62c3fa
  4. #e562fa

Monochromatic

  1. #bd4806
  2. #f86918
  3. #fa9962
  4. #fcc9ac
  5. #fef2eb

Shades

#fa9962 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fa9962
  2. #e18a58
  3. #c87a4e
  4. #af6b45
  5. #965c3b
  6. #7d4d31
  7. #643d27
  8. #4b2e1d
  9. #321f14
  10. #190f0a
  11. #000000

Tints

#fa9962 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fa9962
  2. #fba372
  3. #fbad81
  4. #fcb891
  5. #fcc2a1
  6. #fdccb1
  7. #fdd6c0
  8. #fee0d0
  9. #feebe0
  10. #fff5ef
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fa9962 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fa9962
  2. #ee9765
  3. #e29468
  4. #d5926b
  5. #c98f6e
  6. #bd8d71
  7. #b18a74
  8. #a58877
  9. #98857a
  10. #8c837d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.14:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b1b1b1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d2a898 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b4a45d ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cbb961 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff868c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d4a05f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dfad62 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ff8e7d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fa9962 {
  color: #fa9962;
}
Background
.bg-fa9962 {
  background-color: #fa9962;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fa9962 {
  border: 2px solid #fa9962;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fa9962;
  --color-primary-rgb: 250 153 98;
  --color-primary-hsl: 22 94% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fa9962 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fa9962, #fae562);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fa9962 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(250 153 98 / 0.35);
}

#ffa07a Light Salmon ΔE 4.93 #ff8243 Mango Tango ΔE 5.75 #f4a460 Sandy Brown ΔE 5.95 #d99058 Persian Orange ΔE 6.80 #d68a59 Raw Sienna ΔE 7.06 #ff7f50 Coral ΔE 7.30 #e9967a Dark Salmon ΔE 7.41 #05669d Inverted #b1b1b1 Grayscale 

Light Salmon
#fa9962  rgb(250, 153, 98)  hsl(22, 94%, 68%)  Light Salmon
#62c3fa  rgb(98, 195, 250)  hsl(202, 94%, 68%)  Maya Blue
#62fa99  rgb(98, 250, 153)  hsl(142, 94%, 68%)  Medium Spring Green
#9962fa  rgb(153, 98, 250)  hsl(262, 94%, 68%)  Medium Slate Blue