All About Color Chrome Yellow

#FFA700

Chrome Yellow is a vibrant, sunny yellow color, resembling the color of chrome yellow pigment. It's a cheerful and uplifting color, ideal for creating a bright and joyful ambiance.

About Chrome Yellow

Chrome Yellow is a medium orange color with the hex code #FFA700. In RGB it is red 255, green 167, blue 0; in HSL it is hue 39°, saturation 100%, lightness 50%; in CMYK it is 0%, 35%, 100%, 0%. Its contrast ratio is 1.95:1 on white and 10.78:1 on black.

#FFA700 Color Conversion

Hex tripletFF, A7, 00
CMYK0.00%, 34.51%, 100.00%, 0.00%
RGB Decimal255, 167, 0
HSL39°, 100%, 50%
RGB Octal377, 247, 0
HSV (HSB)39.29°, 100.00%, 100.00%
RGB Binary11111111, 10100111, 0
CIE-L*AB75.39, 22.89, 79.25
RGB Percent100.00%, 65.49%, 0.00%
CIE-L*CH75.39, 82.49, 73.89
XYZ55.06, 48.90, 6.54
CIE-L*UV75.39, 73.20, 74.72
xyY0.50, 0.44, 48.90
Hunter-Lab69.93, 18.18, 43.41
RYB52.69%, 100.00%, 0.00%

Color Accessibility Scores

#FFA700 on a dark background: contrast 10.78:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#FFA700 on a light background: contrast 1.95:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of Chrome Yellow, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around Chrome Yellow. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#FFA700 · #FFC65C · #A36A00 · #0059FF · #5C95FF

Analogous palette

#FF0059 · #FF2600 · #FFA700 · #D9FF00 · #59FF00

Triadic palette

#FFA700 · #00FFA6 · #A600FF · #FFC65C · #5CFFC6

Tetradic palette

#FFA700 · #00FF26 · #0059FF · #FF00D9 · #A36A00

Monochromatic palette

#664200 · #B37400 · #FFA700 · #FFC14D · #FFDB99

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