All About Color #FAA700

#FAA700

About #FAA700

#FAA700 is a medium orange color with the hex code #FAA700. In RGB it is red 250, green 167, blue 0; in HSL it is hue 40°, saturation 100%, lightness 49%; in CMYK it is 0%, 33%, 100%, 2%. Its contrast ratio is 1.98:1 on white and 10.59:1 on black.

#FAA700 Color Conversion

Hex tripletFA, A7, 00
CMYK0.00%, 33.20%, 100.00%, 1.96%
RGB Decimal250, 167, 0
HSL40°, 100%, 49%
RGB Octal372, 247, 0
HSV (HSB)40.08°, 100.00%, 98.04%
RGB Binary11111010, 10100111, 0
CIE-L*AB74.80, 20.79, 78.58
RGB Percent98.04%, 65.49%, 0.00%
CIE-L*CH74.80, 81.29, 75.18
XYZ53.24, 47.96, 6.45
CIE-L*UV74.80, 69.11, 74.57
xyY0.49, 0.45, 47.96
Hunter-Lab69.25, 16.04, 42.95
RYB48.73%, 98.04%, 0.00%

Color Accessibility Scores

#FAA700 on a dark background: contrast 10.59:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#FAA700 on a light background: contrast 1.98:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #FAA700, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around #FAA700. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#FAA700 · #FFC757 · #9E6900 · #0053FA · #578FFF

Analogous palette

#FA0053 · #FA2A00 · #FAA700 · #D0FA00 · #53FA00

Triadic palette

#FAA700 · #00FAA7 · #A700FA · #FFC757 · #57FFC7

Tetradic palette

#FAA700 · #00FA2A · #0053FA · #FA00D0 · #9E6900

Monochromatic palette

#614100 · #AD7400 · #FAA700 · #FFC247 · #FFDB94

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