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#FFB204

#ffb204 ≈ Orange

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ffb204 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 100% red, 69.8% green and 1.57% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 30.2% magenta, 98.43% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 41.59°, with 100% saturation and 50.78% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with optimism, attention and joy. Designers typically use it for highlights and warnings, children's products and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.62:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Orange (#ffa500), ΔE 4.58.

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Web safe#ff9900
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Relative luminance0.5311

Complementary

  1. #ffb204
  2. #0451ff

Split complementary

  1. #ffb204
  2. #04cfff
  3. #3404ff

Analogous

  1. #ff3404
  2. #ffb204
  3. #cfff04

Triadic

  1. #ffb204
  2. #04ffb2
  3. #b204ff

Tetradic

  1. #ffb204
  2. #51ff04
  3. #0451ff
  4. #b204ff

Square

  1. #ffb204
  2. #04ff34
  3. #0451ff
  4. #ff04cf

Monochromatic

  1. #6a4900
  2. #b67e00
  3. #ffb204
  4. #ffc950
  5. #ffe19d

Shades

#ffb204 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ffb204
  2. #e6a004
  3. #cc8e03
  4. #b37d03
  5. #996b02
  6. #805902
  7. #664702
  8. #4d3501
  9. #332401
  10. #1a1200
  11. #000000

Tints

#ffb204 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ffb204
  2. #ffba1d
  3. #ffc136
  4. #ffc94f
  5. #ffd168
  6. #ffd982
  7. #ffe09b
  8. #ffe8b4
  9. #fff0cd
  10. #fff7e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ffb204 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ffb204
  2. #f2ad10
  3. #e6a81d
  4. #d9a329
  5. #cc9e36
  6. #c09942
  7. #b3944e
  8. #a68f5b
  9. #998a67
  10. #8d8574
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.81:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.62:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c1c1c1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #dcbb99 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cfb500 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e1c817 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff9d98 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e4b400 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #edc011 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffa678 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ffb204 {
  color: #ffb204;
}
Background
.bg-ffb204 {
  background-color: #ffb204;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ffb204 {
  border: 2px solid #ffb204;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ffb204;
  --color-primary-rgb: 255 178 4;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 100% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ffb204 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ffb204, #cfff04);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ffb204 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(255 178 4 / 0.35);
}

#ffa500 Orange ΔE 4.58 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 4.67 #ffb347 Pastel Orange ΔE 4.86 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 5.17 #ffae42 Yellow Orange ΔE 5.64 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 6.25 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 6.28 #004dfb Inverted #c1c1c1 Grayscale 

Orange
#ffb204  rgb(255, 178, 4)  hsl(42, 100%, 51%)  Orange
#0451ff  rgb(4, 81, 255)  hsl(222, 100%, 51%)  Ultramarine Blue
#04ffb2  rgb(4, 255, 178)  hsl(162, 100%, 51%)  Medium Spring Green
#b204ff  rgb(178, 4, 255)  hsl(282, 100%, 51%)  Electric Purple