#f6b040

Color #f6b040

A vivid, highly saturated light orange.

Closest named color Goldenrod #daa520 · ΔE 10.3 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-500 #f0b100 · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#f6b040

RGB

rgb(246, 176, 64)

HSL

hsl(36.9, 91%, 60.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(36.9, 74%, 96.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 28.5%, 74%, 3.5%)

LAB

lab(76.69, 15.76, 64.38)

LCH

lch(76.69, 66.28, 76.24)

OKLCH

oklch(80.5%, 0.1471, 74.99)

HWB

hwb(36.9, 25.1%, 3.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4086f6

Analogous

#f65540

#f6b040

#e1f640

Triadic

#f6b040

#40f6b0

#b040f6

Split-complementary

#f6b040

#40e1f6

#5540f6

Tetradic

#f6b040

#86f640

#4086f6

#b040f6

Square

#f6b040

#40f655

#4086f6

#f640e1

Shades

Color #f6b040 mixed toward black.

#f49c0f

#c57d09

#945e07

#633e05

#311f02

Tints

Color #f6b040 mixed toward white.

#f8bd60

#f9ca80

#fbd7a0

#fce5bf

#fef2df

Tones

Color #f6b040 mixed toward gray.

#e7ac4f

#d8a95e

#c9a66e

#b9a27d

#aa9f8c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.87:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.2:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.2:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#dbdb6a · ΔE 20.6

Deuteranopia

#dfe471 · ΔE 22.4

Tritanopia

#f38085 · ΔE 34.3

Achromatopsia

#bdbdbd · ΔE 26.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #f6b040;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#f6b040]

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Frequently asked questions

#f6b040 (#f6b040) is rgb(246, 176, 64) in RGB.

No, #f6b040 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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