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#ffad40

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

RGB
255, 173, 64
HSL
34°, 100%, 63%
CMYK
0, 32, 75, 0
Luminance
0.5152

Every format

HEX#ffad40
RGBrgb(255, 173, 64)
HSLhsl(34, 100%, 63%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 32%, 75%, 0%)
LABlab(77.0 21.1 65.0)
LCHlch(77.0 68.3 72.0)
OKLCHoklch(0.809 0.152 69.6)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #ffad40;
background-color: #ffad40;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#ffad40] bg-[#ffad40]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #ffad40;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 1.000, green: 0.678, blue: 0.251)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#ffad40")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#ffad40 on white: 1.86:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#ffad40 on black: 11.30:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red100.0%
Green67.8%
Blue25.1%

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta32.2%
Yellow74.9%
Key (black)0.0%

Color previews

#ffad40 text on a black background

contrast 11.30:1

Card sample

#ffad40 text on a white background

contrast 1.86:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #ffad40;
Background color
Panel with #ffad40 background
background-color: #ffad40;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #ffad40;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(255, 173, 64, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(255, 173, 64, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #ffad40;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ffad40, #D2FF40);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #ffad40

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #ffad40 in the Color Lab