#ff9d45 Color Information

#ff9d45 Color Information
Details | Shades, Tints, and Tones | Variations | Color Coordinates | Color Schemes | HTML+CSS Examples | Coding & Programming | Color Blindness | Accessibility | Related Colors

The hexadecimal value (hex value) of this color is #ff9d45, and its official name is Au Gratin. In RGB, it consists of 100.0% Red, 61.6% Green, and 27.1% Blue. Likewise, in the CMYK color space, it consists of 0% Cyan, 38.4% Magenta, 72.9% Yellow, and 0% Black. On the color wheel, its Hue is found at 28.4°, with saturation of 100% and lightness of 63.5%. The decimal value for #ff9d45 is 16751941, and its nearest "web safe" color is #ff9933. In the RGB color space, the strongest component for #ff9d45 is red. In the CMYK color space, its strongest component is yellow. And in the RYB color space, its strongest component is red.
  • HexHex code for this color#ff9d45 Copy
  • NameThe common name of this colorAu Gratin Copy
  • RGBRed, Green, Blue composition for this color255, 157, 69 Copy
  • RGB PercentPercent Red, Green, Blue composition for this color100.0%, 61.6%, 27.1% Copy
  • CMYCyan, Magenta, Yellow composition for this color0.000, 0.384, 0.729 Copy
  • CMYKCyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black composition for this color0, 0.384, 0.729, 0 Copy
  • HSLHue, Saturation, Lightness combination for this color28.4°, 100.0%, 63.5% Copy
  • HSV (or HSB)Hue, Saturation, Brightness combination for this color28.4°, 72.9%, 100.0% Copy
  • XYZCIE 1931 color space XYZ coordinates for this color54.371, 45.804, 11.605 Copy
  • RYBRed, Yellow, Blue composition for this color255, 236, 69 Copy
  • DecimalDecimal representation of this color's hex code16751941 Copy
  • CIE-LABCIELAB color space coordinates for this color73.418, 29.640, 59.342 Copy
  • CIE-LCHCIE-LCH color space coordinates for this color (chroma, hue, etc.)73.418, 66.333, 63.459 Copy
  • CIE-LUVCIE-LUV color space coordinates for this color73.418, 78.585, 59.867 Copy
  • Hunter LabHunter-Lab color space coordinates for this color67.678, 24.965, 37.208 Copy
  • xyYCIE xyY color space coordinates for this color0.486, 0.410, 45.804 Copy
  • AndroidValue of this color in Android development4294942021 / 0xffff9d45 Copy
  • Web SafeHex code of the nearest "web safe" version of this color#ff9933 Copy
Last Updated: November 6, 2024

Shades of #ff9d45

Shades are created by adding black to or removing lightness from a particular color. For #ff9d45, its pure hue is 28.4° on the color wheel and its saturation is 100.0%, and its lightness is 63.5%. As the amount of black is added to this hue and we reduce its lightness, the result is increasingly darker shades tints. The palette given below provides 9 different shades of #ff9d45, which — excluding black and our original color — range from #201409 to #df893c.

Tints of #ff9d45

Tints are created by adding white or lightness to a particular color. For #ff9d45, its pure hue is 28.4° on the color wheel and its saturation is 100.0%, and its lightness is 63.5%. As the amount of white (lightness) is added to this hue, the result is increasingly lighter tints. The following palette gives 9 different tints of #ff9d45, which — excluding white and our original color — range from #ffa95c to #fff3e8.

Tones of #ff9d45

Tones are the result of adding gray to a pure hue. In the case of #ff9d45, its pure hue is 28.4° on the color wheel and its saturation is 100.0%, so we increase this saturation to create more colorful tones, and decrease the saturation to create grayer tones. The palette shown below gives 9 different tones of #ff9d45, which range from #a2a2a2 (the grayest / 0% saturation) to #ff9d45 (the most colorful / 100% saturation).

Variations of #ff9d45

There are several ways to create color variations and premutations of #ff9d45! For #ff9d45, there are 6 variations of the color that can be created by swapping its Red, Green, and Blue color positions, of which 5 are different from our original color. Among these six variations, there are 6 unique colors including our original color, #ff9d45. Click on these colors to learn more about them, too!

Color Coordinates of #ff9d45

This color, #ff9d45, consists of 100.0% Red, 61.6% Green, and 27.1% Blue, resulting in color coordinates Red = 255, Green = 157, Blue = 69. Likewise, the CMYK color space composition for #ff9d45 is 0% Cyan, 38.4% Magenta, 72.9% Yellow, and 0% Black. These values are shown in the following charts and tables.

R100.0%
C0.0%
G61.6%
M38.4%
B27.1%
Y72.9%
K0.0%
Color Base R (Red) G (Green) B (Blue)
Decimal 255 157 69
Octal 377 235 105
Hexa #ff #9d #45
Binary 11111111 10011101 01000101
Color Base C (Cyan) M (Magenta) Y (Yellow) Y (Black)
Decimal 0 38 72 0
Octal 0 46 110 0
Hexa #00 #26 #48 #00
Binary 00000000 00100110 01001000 00000000

Analogous Colors of #ff9d45

Analogous colors are located 30 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel. For #ff9d45 — which has hue 28.4° — its analogous colors are located at 28.4° and 358.4° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #ff9d45.

Triadic Colors of #ff9d45

Triadic colors are located 120 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel, which means the original color and its triadic colors are equidistant from one another on the color wheel and form a triangle. For #ff9d45 — which has hue 28.4° — its triadic colors are located at 28.4° and 268.4° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #ff9d45.

Complementary Color of #ff9d45

A complementary color is located opposite a color on the color wheel (180 degrees away). For #ff9d45 — which has hue 28.4° — its complementary color is located at 208.4° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #ff9d45.

Split Complementary Colors of #ff9d45

Split complementary colors are the analogs of a color's complement, which places them 210 degrees away on the color wheel from an original color. For #ff9d45 — which has hue 28.4° — its split complementary colors its split complementary colors are located at 28.4° and 238.4° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #ff9d45.

Tetradic Colors of #ff9d45

Tetradic colors are two sets of complementary colors on either side of a color wheel from each other, forming a rectangle on the color wheel. For #ff9d45 — which has hue 28.4° — its tetradic colors are located at 298.4°, 28.4°, 118.4°, and 208.4° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #ff9d45.

Monochromatic Colors of #ff9d45

Monochromatic colors are colors that share a common hue but that have different saturations and lightness. For #ff9d45, we show 9 different monochromatic colors of it, ranging from #e76d00 — (which has very low saturation and very low lightness) — to #ffcea2 (which has a very high saturation and very high lightness).

HTML+CSS Examples & Previews of #ff9d45

We want to make getting started with #ff9d45 on your website fast and easy! Below are 8 examples of how to integrate #ff9d45 into a website using HTML+CSS. These examples include showing how #ff9d45 can be used to color text, backgrounds, shadows, and borders, as well as how it can be used as a solid fill or gradient fill for rectangles. These examples principally make use of <span> and <div> tags, although the CSS shown in particular can be repurposed to make use of #ff9d45 with other HTML elements.

#ff9d45 Foreground / Text Color

The color of this text is #ff9d45.
<span style="color: #ff9d45;">The color of this text is #ff9d45.</span>

#ff9d45 Background Color

The background color for this text is #ff9d45.
<div style="background-color: #ff9d45; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">The background color for this text is #ff9d45.</div>

#ff9d45 Text Shadow Color

This color for the shadow of this text is #ff9d45.
<span style="text-shadow: 3px 3px 3px #ff9d45;">This color for the shadow of this text is #ff9d45.</span>

#ff9d45 Border Color

This is a div with border color #ff9d45.
<div style="border: #ff9d45 4px solid;width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a div with border color #ff9d45.</div>

#ff9d45 Color Rectangle on a White Background

This is a rectangle of color #ff9d45 on a white background.
<div style="background-color: #ffffff; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #ff9d45; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #ff9d45 on a white background.</div></div>

#ff9d45 Color Rectangle on a Black Background

This is a rectangle of color #ff9d45 on a black background.
<div style="background-color: #000000; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #ff9d45; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #ff9d45 on a black background.</div></div>

Gradient from #ff9d45 to White

This is a gradient from #ff9d45 to white.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#ff9d45,white); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#ff9d45,white); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#ff9d45,white); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#ff9d45,white); width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #ff9d45 to white.</div>

Gradient from #ff9d45 to Black

This is a gradient from #ff9d45 to black.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#ff9d45,black); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#ff9d45,black); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#ff9d45,black); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#ff9d45,black); color: #ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #ff9d45 to black.</div>

Coding & Programming with #ff9d45

In addition to using #ff9d45 on the web, we know you might want to use it in your mobile and desktop apps, too. Whatever your needs, the table below shows how to access #ff9d45 in the language and environment of your choice. These code snippets are principally the hexadecimal representation of #ff9d45, or the RGB color coordinates for the same (Red = 255, Green = 157, Blue = 69). If you need details about the color coordinates of #ff9d45 in other color spaces, refer to these details as provided toward the top of this page.

Language Environment Code Snippet
HTML + CSS (Hex Code) Web #ff9d45
HTML + CSS (RGB Code) Web rgb(255, 157, 69)
CSS Background Color Web .myclass { background-color: #ff9d45; }
CSS Foreground + Text Color Web .myclass { color: #ff9d45; }
CSS Border Color Web .myclass { border: 2px solid #ff9d45; }
Java (Multi-platform) new Color(255, 157, 69);
Python (Multi-platform) Color("#ff9d45")
Swift iOS UIColor(red:255, green:157, blue:69, alpha:1.0000)
Objective-C (iOS) iOS [UIColor colorWithRed:255 green:157 blue:69 alpha:1.0000];
OpenGL (Graphics) glColor3f(255f, 157f, 69f);
C# / .NET Windows Color.FromArgb(255, 157, 69);
 

#ff9d45 Color Blindness

Not everyone can see #ff9d45 the same way. For those with color blindness, #ff9d45 might look very, very different. Here, we simulate eight examples of color blindness, and how #ff9d45 looks next to each one of them. In all cases, #ff9d45 is placed in a circle in the upper-left corner of each of the below boxes, with the color in the rest of those boxes signifying how #ff9d45 looks for someone with that type of color blindness. Many people will perceive close similarities between the colors in these boxes and the colors in the circles — with some noticing particular similarities. We offer this insight so that as you make choices about colors to use for your purposes, you can make an informed decision about whether #ff9d45 will be a good fit for everyone in your audience!

Trichromacy

Protanomaly
Affects 1 in 100 Men & 1 in 10,000 Women

Deuteranomaly
Affects 1 in 17 Men & 1 in 250 Women

Tritanomaly
Affects 1 in 10,000

Dichromacy

Protanopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men

Deuteranopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men

Tritanopia
Affects 1 in 100,000

Monochromacy

Achromatopsia
Affects 1 in 20,000

Achromatopsia
Affects 1 in 100,000

Accessibility

Not Accessibility Recommended

We analyzed whether #ff9d45 is an accessible color when used as a text / foreground color against a white background. This analysis is based on the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2 Level issued by W3C. Based on this analysis, we calculate a contrast ratio against white of approximately 2.1:1 against white. Under both the AA and AAA level standards, this is not a high enough ratio to be considered accessible for either normal size or large text.

WCAG AA
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WCAG AA
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WCAG AAA
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WCAG AAA
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