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#ff9900

a balanced, electric orange · warm · closest name: orange

RGB
255, 153, 0
HSL
36°, 100%, 50%
CMYK
0, 40, 100, 0
Luminance
0.4404

Every format

HEX#ff9900
RGBrgb(255, 153, 0)
HSLhsl(36, 100%, 50%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 40%, 100%, 0%)
LABlab(72.3 30.2 77.2)
LCHlch(72.3 82.9 68.7)
OKLCHoklch(0.772 0.174 64.6)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #ff9900;
background-color: #ff9900;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#ff9900] bg-[#ff9900]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #ff9900;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 1.000, green: 0.600, blue: 0.000)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#ff9900")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#ff9900 on white: 2.14:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#ff9900 on black: 9.81:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red100.0%
Green60.0%
Blue0.0%

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta40.0%
Yellow100.0%
Key (black)0.0%

Color previews

#ff9900 text on a black background

contrast 9.81:1

Card sample

#ff9900 text on a white background

contrast 2.14:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #ff9900;
Background color
Panel with #ff9900 background
background-color: #ff9900;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #ff9900;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(255, 153, 0, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(255, 153, 0, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #ff9900;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ff9900, #BBFF00);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #ff9900

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #ff9900 in the Color Lab