All About Color #FFC42E

#FFC42E

About #FFC42E

#FFC42E is a medium orange color with the hex code #FFC42E. In RGB it is red 255, green 196, blue 46; in HSL it is hue 43°, saturation 100%, lightness 59%; in CMYK it is 0%, 23%, 82%, 0%. Its contrast ratio is 1.59:1 on white and 13.19:1 on black.

#FFC42E Color Conversion

Hex tripletFF, C4, 2E
CMYK0.00%, 23.14%, 81.96%, 0.00%
RGB Decimal255, 196, 46
HSL43°, 100%, 59%
RGB Octal377, 304, 56
HSV (HSB)43.06°, 81.96%, 100.00%
RGB Binary11111111, 11000100, 101110
CIE-L*AB82.34, 8.50, 76.11
RGB Percent100.00%, 76.86%, 18.04%
CIE-L*CH82.34, 76.58, 83.63
XYZ61.47, 60.94, 11.11
CIE-L*UV82.34, 49.14, 80.61
xyY0.46, 0.46, 60.94
Hunter-Lab78.06, 3.96, 46.21
RYB50.28%, 100.00%, 18.04%

Color Accessibility Scores

#FFC42E on a dark background: contrast 13.19:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#FFC42E on a light background: contrast 1.59:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #FFC42E, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

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Complementary palette

#FFC42E · #FFDE8A · #D19600 · #2E69FF · #8AABFF

Analogous palette

#FF2E69 · #FF5B2E · #FFC42E · #D2FF2E · #69FF2E

Triadic palette

#FFC42E · #2EFFC4 · #C42EFF · #FFDE8A · #8AFFDE

Tetradic palette

#FFC42E · #2EFF5B · #2E69FF · #FF2ED2 · #D19600

Monochromatic palette

#946A00 · #E0A100 · #FFC42E · #FFD97A · #FFEFC7

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