#FB7708

sRGB · 251 / 119 / 8

#FB7708 belongs to the orange family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 251 red, 119 green and 8 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 27.4° lands in the orange region. Its 96.8% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 50.8% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (7.74:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 251, 119, 8
HSL: 27.41°, 96.81%, 50.78%
HSV / HSB: 27.41°, 96.81%, 98.43%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 52.59%, 96.81%, 1.57%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 46.423, 33.724, 4.294
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 64.743, 45.737, 71.137
WCAG relative luminance: 0.33720
24-bit decimal: 16480008

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #FB7708 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text · 7.74:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text · 2.71:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio. WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#088CFB sits half a turn (180°) from #FB7708 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#FB7708 #088CFB

Analogous

#FB0813 and #FBF008 sit 30° to either side of #FB7708. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#FB0813 #FB7708 #FBF008

Triadic

#FB7708, #08FB77 and #7708FB are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#FB7708 #08FB77 #7708FB

Split complementary

Start at #FB7708 and look across the wheel. #08FBF0 and #0813FB sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#FB7708 #08FBF0 #0813FB

Square

Starting with #FB7708, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #13FB08, #088CFB, then #F008FB. Across the square, #FB7708 pairs with #088CFB, and #13FB08 with #F008FB.

#FB7708 #13FB08 #088CFB #F008FB

Tetradic

#FB7708 and #088CFB are opposites, as are #8CFB08 and #7708FB. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#FB7708 #8CFB08 #088CFB #7708FB

Tints

Mixing #FB7708 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #FC9239, keeps 80% of the original. By #FEE4CE, the mixture is 80% white.

#FB7708 #FC9239 #FDAD6B #FDC99C #FEE4CE #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #FB7708 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C95F06, keeps 80% of the original. By #321802, the mixture is 80% black.

#FB7708 #C95F06 #974705 #643003 #321802 #000000

Tones

Mixing #FB7708 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E27920, keeps 80% of the original. By #997E68, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#FB7708 #E27920 #CA7B38 #B17C50 #997E68 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#FB7708

RGB

rgb(251 119 8)

HSL

hsl(27.407 96.813% 50.784%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #FB7708;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#FB7708 uses 251 red, 119 green and 8 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 98.4%

Green 46.7%

Blue 3.1%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #FB7708 is 0.0% cyan, 52.6% magenta, 96.8% yellow and 1.6% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 52.6%

Yellow 96.8%

Black 1.6%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #FF7700. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #F70 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #FB7708 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FF6600, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #FF7700 Nearest web-safe · #FF6600

Gradient to complement

#FB7708 #D37B31 #AA7E59 #828282 #5985AA #3189D3 #088CFB

Color vision previews

Compare how #FB7708 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#9E8A00

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#BEA900

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#FF5766

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#C68800

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#D19900

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#FD7342

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#9D9D9D

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#D38C72

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.96469 G 0.18447 B 0.00243

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.91931 G 0.49602 B 0.19657

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.82617 G 0.21037 B 0.03205

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.550 y 0.399 Y 33.724

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 1.569 M % 53.333 Y % 96.863

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

11111011 01110111 00001000