#f6ae3a

Color #f6ae3a

A vivid, highly saturated medium orange.

Closest named color Goldenrod #daa520 · ΔE 10 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-500 #f0b100 · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#f6ae3a

RGB

rgb(246, 174, 58)

HSL

hsl(37, 91.3%, 59.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(37, 76.4%, 96.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 76.4%, 3.5%)

LAB

lab(76.18, 16.57, 66.21)

LCH

lch(76.18, 68.25, 75.95)

OKLCH

oklch(80.1%, 0.15, 74.66)

HWB

hwb(37, 22.7%, 3.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#3a82f6

Analogous

#f6503a

#f6ae3a

#e0f63a

Triadic

#f6ae3a

#3af6ae

#ae3af6

Split-complementary

#f6ae3a

#3ae0f6

#503af6

Tetradic

#f6ae3a

#82f63a

#3a82f6

#ae3af6

Square

#f6ae3a

#3af650

#3a82f6

#f63ae0

Shades

Color #f6ae3a mixed toward black.

#f29a0b

#c27b09

#915c07

#613d04

#301f02

Tints

Color #f6ae3a mixed toward white.

#f8bb5b

#f9c97c

#fbd69c

#fce4bd

#fef1de

Tones

Color #f6ae3a mixed toward gray.

#e6aa4a

#d7a759

#c7a369

#b79f79

#a89c88

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.9:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.03:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.03:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#dbda67 · ΔE 20.8

Deuteranopia

#dfe46e · ΔE 23

Tritanopia

#f37e82 · ΔE 34.3

Achromatopsia

#bcbcbc · ΔE 26.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #f6ae3a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#f6ae3a]

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Frequently asked questions

#f6ae3a (#f6ae3a) is rgb(246, 174, 58) in RGB.

No, #f6ae3a is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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