All About Color Tangerine Yellow

#FFCC00

A cheerful and sunny yellow, infused with a hint of orange.

About Tangerine Yellow

Tangerine Yellow is a medium yellow color with the hex code #FFCC00. In RGB it is red 255, green 204, blue 0; in HSL it is hue 48°, saturation 100%, lightness 50%; in CMYK it is 0%, 20%, 100%, 0%. Its contrast ratio is 1.51:1 on white and 13.89:1 on black.

#FFCC00 Color Conversion

Hex tripletFF, CC, 00
CMYK0.00%, 20.00%, 100.00%, 0.00%
RGB Decimal255, 204, 0
HSL48°, 100%, 50%
RGB Octal377, 314, 0
HSV (HSB)48.00°, 100.00%, 100.00%
RGB Binary11111111, 11001100, 0
CIE-L*AB84.20, 3.68, 85.22
RGB Percent100.00%, 80.00%, 0.00%
CIE-L*CH84.20, 85.30, 87.53
XYZ62.83, 64.45, 9.13
CIE-L*UV84.20, 43.75, 88.07
xyY0.46, 0.47, 64.45
Hunter-Lab80.28, -0.78, 49.45
RYB25.00%, 100.00%, 0.00%

Color Accessibility Scores

#FFCC00 on a dark background: contrast 13.89:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#FFCC00 on a light background: contrast 1.51:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

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

Related Palettes

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

Complementary palette

#FFCC00 · #FFDE5C · #A38300 · #0033FF · #5C7CFF

Analogous palette

#FF0033 · #FF4D00 · #FFCC00 · #B2FF00 · #33FF00

Triadic palette

#FFCC00 · #00FFCC · #CC00FF · #FFDE5C · #5CFFDE

Tetradic palette

#FFCC00 · #00FF4D · #0033FF · #FF00B2 · #A38300

Monochromatic palette

#665200 · #B38F00 · #FFCC00 · #FFDB4D · #FFEB99

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