#fab400

Color #fab400

A vivid, highly saturated medium orange.

Closest named color Orange #ffa500 · ΔE 10.5 Nearest Tailwind class amber-400 #ffb900 · ΔE 1.3

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Conversions

HEX

#fab400

RGB

rgb(250, 180, 0)

HSL

hsl(43.2, 100%, 49%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(43.2, 100%, 98%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 28%, 100%, 2%)

LAB

lab(77.86, 13.98, 80.62)

LCH

lch(77.86, 81.82, 80.16)

OKLCH

oklch(81.4%, 0.1685, 80.36)

HWB

hwb(43.2, 0%, 2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#0046fa

Analogous

#fa3700

#fab400

#c3fa00

Triadic

#fab400

#00fab4

#b400fa

Split-complementary

#fab400

#00c3fa

#3700fa

Tetradic

#fab400

#46fa00

#0046fa

#b400fa

Square

#fab400

#00fa37

#0046fa

#fa00c3

Shades

Color #fab400 mixed toward black.

#d09600

#a77800

#7d5a00

#533c00

#2a1e00

Tints

Color #fab400 mixed toward white.

#ffc226

#ffce52

#ffdb7d

#ffe7a8

#fff3d4

Tones

Color #fab400 mixed toward gray.

#e5ab15

#d0a22a

#bb983e

#a78f53

#928668

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.81:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.59:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.59:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#dfdf5d · ΔE 19.6

Deuteranopia

#e3e867 · ΔE 21.4

Tritanopia

#f77b80 · ΔE 39.9

Achromatopsia

#c0c0c0 · ΔE 28.8

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #fab400;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#fab400]

Related colors

Goldenrod #daa520

Dark Goldenrod #b8860b

Floral White #fffaf0

Old Lace #fdf5e6

Wheat #f5deb3

Orange #ffa500

Frequently asked questions

#fab400 (#fab400) is rgb(250, 180, 0) in RGB.

No, #fab400 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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