Colour

#FFB504

#FFB504
Orange
Light
Nearest: Orange

#FFB504 is a orange with RGB values 255, 181, 4 and HSL 42°, 100%, 51%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Orange.

Colour values

#FFB504#FFB504

HEX#FFB504

RGBrgb(255, 181, 4)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.7098, 0.0157

RGB percentages100%, 71%, 1.6%

HSLhsl(42.3, 100%, 50.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(42.3, 98.4%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 29%, 98.4%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,758,020

CSS custom property--colour: #FFB504;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54317WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness196.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.86:1

Contrast with white1.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B8B8B8

Inverted#004AFB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D1B800no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#E3CA18no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FFA09Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 65.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.77:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Orange · ΔE 9.3 Goldenrod · ΔE 16.2 Gold · ΔE 20.3 Dark orange · ΔE 23.8 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 27.3 Sandy brown · ΔE 35.3

Nearest named CSS colourOrange (#FFA500)ΔE 9.33, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#044EFF

Analogous#FF3804, #CBFF04

Triadic#04FFB5, #B504FF

Split complementary#04CBFF, #3804FF

Tetradic#04FF38, #044EFF, #FF04CB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFF1D0

Lighter +30%#FFE29D

Lighter +20%#FFD36A

Lighter +10%#FFC437

Darker −10%#D09300

Darker −20%#9D6F00

Darker −30%#6A4B00

Darker −40%#372700

More saturated +25%#FFB504

Less saturated −25%#E0A823

Channel breakdown

R255

G181

Red255 (100%)

Green181 (71%)

Blue4 (1.6%)

Hue42.31°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness50.78%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G B5 · B 04

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Colour values

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