All About Color Vivid Gamboge

#FF9900

A bright, warm orange-yellow, like the color of ripe citrus.

About Vivid Gamboge

Vivid Gamboge is a medium orange color with the hex code #FF9900. In RGB it is red 255, green 153, blue 0; in HSL it is hue 36°, saturation 100%, lightness 50%; in CMYK it is 0%, 40%, 100%, 0%. Its contrast ratio is 2.14:1 on white and 9.81:1 on black.

#FF9900 Color Conversion

Hex tripletFF, 99, 00
CMYK0.00%, 40.00%, 100.00%, 0.00%
RGB Decimal255, 153, 0
HSL36°, 100%, 50%
RGB Octal377, 231, 0
HSV (HSB)36.00°, 100.00%, 100.00%
RGB Binary11111111, 10011001, 0
CIE-L*AB72.26, 30.17, 77.23
RGB Percent100.00%, 60.00%, 0.00%
CIE-L*CH72.26, 82.91, 68.66
XYZ52.63, 44.04, 5.73
CIE-L*UV72.26, 84.90, 69.83
xyY0.51, 0.43, 44.04
Hunter-Lab66.36, 25.42, 41.34
RYB66.67%, 100.00%, 0.00%

Color Accessibility Scores

#FF9900 on a dark background: contrast 9.81:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#FF9900 on a light background: contrast 2.14:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

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

Related Palettes

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

Complementary palette

#FF9900 · #FFBE5C · #A36200 · #0066FF · #5C9DFF

Analogous palette

#FF0066 · #FF1A00 · #FF9900 · #E6FF00 · #66FF00

Triadic palette

#FF9900 · #00FF99 · #9900FF · #FFBE5C · #5CFFBE

Tetradic palette

#FF9900 · #00FF19 · #0066FF · #FF00E6 · #A36200

Monochromatic palette

#663D00 · #B36B00 · #FF9900 · #FFB84D · #FFD699

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