All About Color #FFC042

#FFC042

About #FFC042

#FFC042 is a light orange color with the hex code #FFC042. In RGB it is red 255, green 192, blue 66; in HSL it is hue 40°, saturation 100%, lightness 63%; in CMYK it is 0%, 25%, 74%, 0%. Its contrast ratio is 1.63:1 on white and 12.87:1 on black.

#FFC042 Color Conversion

Hex tripletFF, C0, 42
CMYK0.00%, 24.71%, 74.12%, 0.00%
RGB Decimal255, 192, 66
HSL40°, 100%, 63%
RGB Octal377, 300, 102
HSV (HSB)40.00°, 74.12%, 100.00%
RGB Binary11111111, 11000000, 1000010
CIE-L*AB81.49, 11.27, 68.62
RGB Percent100.00%, 75.29%, 25.88%
CIE-L*CH81.49, 69.54, 80.68
XYZ61.07, 59.35, 13.39
CIE-L*UV81.49, 51.43, 74.59
xyY0.46, 0.44, 59.35
Hunter-Lab77.04, 6.68, 43.62
RYB62.94%, 100.00%, 25.88%

Color Accessibility Scores

#FFC042 on a dark background: contrast 12.87:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#FFC042 on a light background: contrast 1.63:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #FFC042, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around #FFC042. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#FFC042 · #FFDF9E · #E69900 · #4281FF · #9EBEFF

Analogous palette

#FF4281 · #FF6242 · #FFC042 · #E0FF42 · #81FF42

Triadic palette

#FFC042 · #42FFC0 · #C042FF · #FFDF9E · #9EFFDF

Tetradic palette

#FFC042 · #42FF62 · #4281FF · #FF42E0 · #E69900

Monochromatic palette

#A87000 · #F5A300 · #FFC042 · #FFDA8F · #FFF3DB

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