What color is #FFA177?

#FFA177 is a light, vivid orange known as Butternut. It belongs to the orange family of colors.

What is the RGB value of Butternut?

The RGB value is 255, 161, 119: 255 red, 161 green and 119 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of Butternut?

The complementary color is #77D5FF, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #FFA177?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 10.62:1 and white text 1.98:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

Butternut color: hex code #FFA177

#FFA177 rgb(255, 161, 119)

Shades of orange

Butternut has the hex code #FFA177. It is a light, vivid orange.

In the RGB color model it is made of 100% red, 63.1% green and 46.7% blue (255, 161, 119).

Its hue angle is 19°, with 100% saturation and 73% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 0% cyan, 37% magenta, 53% yellow and 0% black.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 10.62:1).

Butternut (#FFA177) color codes

HEX	`#FFA177`
RGB	`rgb(255, 161, 119)`
RGB percent	`rgb(100%, 63.1%, 46.7%)`
HSL	`hsl(19, 100%, 73%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(19, 53%, 100%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 37%, 53%, 0%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(74.88, 30.71, 36.36)`
CIE LCH	`lch(74.88, 47.59, 49.82)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(57.318, 48.087, 23.712)`
Decimal	`16753015`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with Butternut, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #FFA177	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	10.62:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	1.98:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#FFA177 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	1.98:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	10.62:1	Pass	Pass	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #FFA177 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #ffa177; }
.text { color: #ffa177; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ffa177; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(255 161 119 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #ffa177, #ffe577); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

See #FFA177 on its hex code page

Questions

What color is #FFA177?: #FFA177 is a light, vivid orange known as Butternut. It belongs to the orange family of colors.
What is the RGB value of Butternut?: The RGB value is 255, 161, 119: 255 red, 161 green and 119 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of Butternut?: The complementary color is #77D5FF, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #FFA177?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 10.62:1 and white text 1.98:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.