Colour

#FFBC04

#FFBC04
Orange
Light
Nearest: Orange

#FFBC04 is a orange with RGB values 255, 188, 4 and HSL 44°, 100%, 51%. 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

#FFBC04#FFBC04

HEX#FFBC04

RGBrgb(255, 188, 4)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.7373, 0.0157

RGB percentages100%, 73.7%, 1.6%

HSLhsl(44, 100%, 50.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(44, 98.4%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 26.3%, 98.4%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,759,812

CSS custom property--colour: #FFBC04;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57235WCAG 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#0043FB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

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

Deuteranopia#E7CE1Bno 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 67.6 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 13.5 Gold · ΔE 16.2 Goldenrod · ΔE 16.8 Dark orange · ΔE 27.9 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 28.7 Sandy brown · ΔE 37.6

Nearest named CSS colourOrange (#FFA500)ΔE 13.5, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0447FF

Analogous#FF3E04, #C5FF04

Triadic#04FFBC, #BC04FF

Split complementary#04C4FF, #3F04FF

Tetradic#04FF3E, #0447FF, #FF04C4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFF2D0

Lighter +30%#FFE59D

Lighter +20%#FFD76A

Lighter +10%#FFCA37

Darker −10%#D09800

Darker −20%#9D7300

Darker −30%#6A4E00

Darker −40%#372800

More saturated +25%#FFBC04

Less saturated −25%#E0AD23

Channel breakdown

R255

G188

Red255 (100%)

Green188 (73.7%)

Blue4 (1.6%)

Hue43.98°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness50.78%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G BC · B 04

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