All About Color Amber

#FFBF00

Amber is a warm, golden orange, similar to the fossilized resin it's named after. It's a welcoming and cheerful color, often associated with energy, warmth, and the glow of sunset.

About Amber

Amber is a medium yellow color with the hex code #FFBF00. In RGB it is red 255, green 191, blue 0; in HSL it is hue 45°, saturation 100%, lightness 50%; in CMYK it is 0%, 25%, 100%, 0%. Its contrast ratio is 1.65:1 on white and 12.70:1 on black.

#FFBF00 Color Conversion

Hex tripletFF, BF, 00
CMYK0.00%, 25.10%, 100.00%, 0.00%
RGB Decimal255, 191, 0
HSL45°, 100%, 50%
RGB Octal377, 277, 0
HSV (HSB)44.94°, 100.00%, 100.00%
RGB Binary11111111, 10111111, 0
CIE-L*AB81.03, 10.39, 83.04
RGB Percent100.00%, 74.90%, 0.00%
CIE-L*CH81.03, 83.68, 82.87
XYZ59.87, 58.52, 8.14
CIE-L*UV81.03, 53.81, 83.34
xyY0.47, 0.46, 58.52
Hunter-Lab76.50, 5.83, 47.24
RYB33.51%, 100.00%, 0.00%

Color Accessibility Scores

#FFBF00 on a dark background: contrast 12.70:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#FFBF00 on a light background: contrast 1.65:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

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

Related Palettes

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

Complementary palette

#FFBF00 · #FFD65C · #A37A00 · #0040FF · #5C85FF

Analogous palette

#FF0040 · #FF4000 · #FFBF00 · #BFFF00 · #40FF00

Triadic palette

#FFBF00 · #00FFBF · #BF00FF · #FFD65C · #5CFFD6

Tetradic palette

#FFBF00 · #00FF40 · #0040FF · #FF00BF · #A37A00

Monochromatic palette

#664D00 · #B38600 · #FFBF00 · #FFD24D · #FFE699

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