All About Color UCLA Gold

#FFB300

A bright, warm gold, representing the University of California, Los Angeles.

About UCLA Gold

UCLA Gold is a medium orange color with the hex code #FFB300. In RGB it is red 255, green 179, blue 0; in HSL it is hue 42°, saturation 100%, lightness 50%; in CMYK it is 0%, 30%, 100%, 0%. Its contrast ratio is 1.79:1 on white and 11.70:1 on black.

#FFB300 Color Conversion

Hex tripletFF, B3, 00
CMYK0.00%, 29.80%, 100.00%, 0.00%
RGB Decimal255, 179, 0
HSL42°, 100%, 50%
RGB Octal377, 263, 0
HSV (HSB)42.12°, 100.00%, 100.00%
RGB Binary11111111, 10110011, 0
CIE-L*AB78.17, 16.63, 81.10
RGB Percent100.00%, 70.20%, 0.00%
CIE-L*CH78.17, 82.79, 78.41
XYZ57.36, 53.50, 7.30
CIE-L*UV78.17, 63.38, 79.00
xyY0.49, 0.45, 53.50
Hunter-Lab73.14, 11.98, 45.28
RYB42.46%, 100.00%, 0.00%

Color Accessibility Scores

#FFB300 on a dark background: contrast 11.70:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#FFB300 on a light background: contrast 1.79:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

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

Related Palettes

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

Complementary palette

#FFB300 · #FFCE5C · #A37200 · #004CFF · #5C8DFF

Analogous palette

#FF004C · #FF3300 · #FFB300 · #CCFF00 · #4CFF00

Triadic palette

#FFB300 · #00FFB3 · #B300FF · #FFCE5C · #5CFFCE

Tetradic palette

#FFB300 · #00FF33 · #004CFF · #FF00CC · #A37200

Monochromatic palette

#664700 · #B37D00 · #FFB300 · #FFC94D · #FFE099

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