#ffcc74

Color #ffcc74

A vivid, highly saturated light orange.

Closest named color Khaki #f0e68c · ΔE 18.67 Nearest Tailwind class orange-300 #ffb86a · ΔE 7.4

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Conversions

HEX

#ffcc74

RGB

rgb(255, 204, 116)

HSL

hsl(38, 100%, 72.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(38, 54.5%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 20%, 54.5%, 0%)

LAB

lab(84.85, 8.05, 50.23)

LCH

lch(84.85, 50.87, 80.9)

OKLCH

oklch(87.2%, 0.1208, 79.75)

HWB

hwb(38, 45.5%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#74a7ff

Analogous

#ff8674

#ffcc74

#ecff74

Triadic

#ffcc74

#74ffcc

#cc74ff

Split-complementary

#ffcc74

#74ecff

#8674ff

Tetradic

#ffcc74

#a7ff74

#74a7ff

#cc74ff

Square

#ffcc74

#74ff86

#74a7ff

#ff74ec

Shades

Color #ffcc74 mixed toward black.

#ffb536

#f79d00

#b97500

#7c4e00

#3e2700

Tints

Color #ffcc74 mixed toward white.

#ffd48b

#ffdda2

#ffe5b9

#ffeed1

#fff6e8

Tones

Color #ffcc74 mixed toward gray.

#f3c97f

#e8c68b

#dcc397

#d1c0a2

#c5bcae

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.49:1

Aa Black text on this color

14.14:1

Black text reads better on this background (14.14:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#ebea90 · ΔE 14.9

Deuteranopia

#eef196 · ΔE 16.3

Tritanopia

#fda2a5 · ΔE 31.5

Achromatopsia

#d4d4d4 · ΔE 23.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #ffcc74;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ffcc74]

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Frequently asked questions

#ffcc74 (#ffcc74) is rgb(255, 204, 116) in RGB.

No, #ffcc74 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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