#FFB900 Color

#FFB900 is rgb(255, 185, 0) in RGB, hsl(44, 100%, 50%) in HSL, and about cmyk(0%, 27%, 100%, 0%) in CMYK. It has no registered color name of its own — the closest is Selective Yellow (#FFBA00), indistinguishable to the eye at ΔE 0.57. Black text is the more readable choice on this background.

#FFB900

HEX#FFB900

RGBrgb(255, 185, 0)

HSLhsl(44, 100%, 50%)

HSVhsv(44, 100%, 100%)

CMYKcmyk(0%, 27%, 100%, 0%)

OKLCHoklch(82.9% 0.171 81)

LABlab(80.20% 17.59 81.90)

LCHlch(80.20% 83.77 77.88)

What #FFB900 Is Called

Most hex codes have no name: there are 16.7 million of them and a few thousand registered names. These are the named colors nearest to #FFB900, ordered by CIE76 distance in CIELAB. Anything under about ΔE 2 is a difference most people cannot see.

Selective Yellow#FFBA00ΔE 0.57 Microsoft Yellow#FDB900ΔE 0.91 Traffic Yellow#F7B500ΔE 2.84 Amber#FFBF00ΔE 3.41 Mango#FDBE02ΔE 3.45 Spanish Yellow#F6B511ΔE 4.45

Browse the full index of named colors A-Z or every yellow in the library.

#FFB900 Channel Values

How #FFB900 breaks down in each color model. Hue is measured in degrees around the color wheel; saturation, lightness, and the CMYK inks are percentages.

Model	Channels	Notes
RGB	R 255 · G 185 · B 0	8-bit channels as sent to the display
HSL	H 44° · S 100% · L 50%	Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSV	H 44° · S 100% · V 100%	Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYK	C 0% · M 27% · Y 100% · K 0%	Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance	1.72:1 vs white · 12.19:1 vs black	WCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a #FFB900 background. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text; AAA requires 7:1. Contrast is one check, not a full accessibility review.

Fails AAWhite text1.72:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

TextBlack text12.19:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

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Colors That Go With #FFB900

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite #FFB900; analogous colors sit beside it; triadic and split-complementary sets spread evenly around the wheel. Select any swatch for its own breakdown.

Base

Complementary

Analogous

Analogous

Triadic

Triadic

Split comp.

Split comp.

Tints & Shades of #FFB900

Lighter tints and darker shades built by moving the lightness channel while holding hue and saturation, which is what you want for hover states, backgrounds, and text variants.

Tints

Shades

Want a full 50-950 ramp with semantic roles? Generate design tokens from #FFB900.

How #FFB900 Looks with Color Vision Deficiency

Simulated with the Viénot, Brettel & Mollon LMS projection model. Anomalous types are rendered as partial versions of the matching dichromacy, which is an approximation rather than a per-person clinical model.

Typical#FFB900

Protanopia#C7C700

Protanomaly#E0C200

Deuteranopia#D4D400

Deuteranomaly#E6C900

Tritanopia#FFAEAE

Tritanomaly#FFB38A

Achromatopsia#C5C5C5

Test a full palette in the color blindness simulator.

Using #FFB900 in Code

Copy-ready declarations for the places this color usually ends up.

CSS custom property--color-ffb900: #FFB900;

CSS backgroundbackground-color: #FFB900;

Tailwind configcolors: { 'color-ffb900': '#FFB900' }

SwiftUIColor(red: 1.000, green: 0.725, blue: 0.000)

Android XML<color name="color_ffb900">#FFB900</color>

SVG fillfill="#FFB900"

More Yellow Colors

#FFB900 sits in the yellow family. These are its neighbours across that family's full range, each with its own breakdown.

ffba00 ffb624 ffbf00 fefefa ffc324 fefe33 ffc40c fefdfa ffcc00 fefce8 ffcc33 fef9c2 ffeb00 fffd74 ffffd1 43401e 737321 9e931f c8981e dbdb00 eadd61 f1e9d2 f7d378 fbfbef

#FFB900 Frequently Asked Questions

What color is #FFB900?

#FFB900 is a mid-tone yellow — rgb(255, 185, 0) in RGB and hsl(44, 100%, 50%) in HSL. It carries no registered color name of its own; the closest named color is Selective Yellow (#FFBA00), which is indistinguishable to the eye at a CIE76 distance of 0.57.

What is the RGB value of #FFB900?

#FFB900 is rgb(255, 185, 0) — red 255, green 185, and blue 0 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #FFB900?

#FFB900 converts to approximately cmyk(0%, 27%, 100%, 0%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #FFB900 be black or white?

Black text is the more readable choice. #FFB900 scores 1.72:1 against white and 12.19:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #FFB900 as a CSS color keyword?

No. #FFB900 is not one of the CSS color keywords, so it has to be written as a hex, rgb() or hsl() value. The closest keyword is orange (#FFA500) at a CIE76 distance of 11.29, which is visibly different.

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