Recognised as Colour

#FFBC01

#FFBC01
Orange
Light
Nearest: Orange

#FFBC01 is a orange with RGB values 255, 188, 1 and HSL 44°, 100%, 50%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Orange.

Colour values

#FFBC01#FFBC01

HEX#FFBC01

RGBrgb(255, 188, 1)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.7373, 0.0039

RGB percentages100%, 73.7%, 0.4%

HSLhsl(44.2, 100%, 50.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(44.2, 99.6%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 26.3%, 99.6%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,759,809

CSS custom property--colour: #FFBC01;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57229WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness200.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.45:1

Contrast with white1.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.45:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD

Inverted#0043FE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D7BD00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#E7CE1Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.6 from the original

Tritanopia#FFA8A0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 67.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.69:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Orange · ΔE 13.6 Gold · ΔE 16.1 Goldenrod · ΔE 17 Dark orange · ΔE 28 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 28.9 Sandy brown · ΔE 37.9

Nearest named CSS colourOrange (#FFA500)ΔE 13.59, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0144FF

Analogous#FF3D01, #C3FF01

Triadic#01FFBC, #BC01FF

Split complementary#01C3FF, #3D01FF

Tetradic#01FF3D, #0144FF, #FF01C3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFF2CD

Lighter +30%#FFE49A

Lighter +20%#FFD767

Lighter +10%#FFC934

Darker −10%#CD9700

Darker −20%#9A7100

Darker −30%#674C00

Darker −40%#342600

More saturated +25%#FFBC01

Less saturated −25%#DFAD21

Channel breakdown

R255

G188

Red255 (100%)

Green188 (73.7%)

Blue1 (0.4%)

Hue44.17°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness50.2%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G BC · B 01

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Colour values

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