#ffaa00
a balanced, electric yellow · warm · closest name: orange
RGB
255, 170, 0
HSL
40°, 100%, 50%
CMYK
0, 33, 100, 0
Luminance
0.5001
Every format
| HEX | #ffaa00 |
| RGB | rgb(255, 170, 0) |
| HSL | hsl(40, 100%, 50%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 33%, 100%, 0%) |
| LAB | lab(76.1 21.3 79.7) |
| LCH | lch(76.1 82.5 75.0) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.802 0.171 73.3) |
Copy-ready code
/* CSS */
color: #ffaa00;
background-color: #ffaa00;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#ffaa00] bg-[#ffaa00]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #ffaa00;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 1.000, green: 0.667, blue: 0.000)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#ffaa00")Accessibility — WCAG contrast
Aa
#ffaa00 on white: 1.91:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large ✗ · AAA ✗
Aa
#ffaa00 on black: 11.00:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large ✓ · AAA ✓
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia
RGB percentages
Red100.0%
Green66.7%
Blue0.0%
CMYK percentages
Cyan0.0%
Magenta33.3%
Yellow100.0%
Key (black)0.0%
Color previews
#ffaa00 text on a black background
contrast 11.00:1
Card sample
#ffaa00 text on a white background
contrast 1.91:1
Card sample
CSS3 live lab
Text font color
The quick brown fox
color: #ffaa00;
Background color
Panel with #ffaa00 background
background-color: #ffaa00;
Text shadow — hex
Glowing headline
text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #ffaa00;
Text shadow — RGB
Soft neon halo
text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(255, 170, 0, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(255, 170, 0, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #ffaa00; background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ffaa00, #AAFF00);