Information about #FF9505 color

#FF9505 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#FF9505 falls into the Orange Color Family — Full Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(255, 149, 5) — 100% red, 58.4% green, 2% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 42 / 98 / 0. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#FF9505 is a pure, full-strength amber-leaning orange that carries an easy, daylight feel. In practice it works well for logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from April Sun (#FD9800). Slightly further away sit Amazon Orange (#FF9900) and Weebly Orange (#FF9A00).

The recipe behind #FF9505 is rgb(255, 149, 5), with red as the dominant ingredient. On this background, black text reaches a 9.6:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 2.2:1. This shade is reserved in the Register and is not available for naming.

#FF9505 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#FF9505 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #FF9505

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity.

April Sun color link
April Sun

#FD9800

Dark Orange color link
Dark Orange

#FF8C00

Ewing Orange color link
Ewing Orange

#FF8B08

Orange Peel color link
Orange Peel

#FF9F00

Morgana color link
Morgana

#FF9012

Kumquat color link
Kumquat

#FB9912

Saffron Gold color link
Saffron Gold

#F08F00

Cheese color link
Cheese

#FFA600

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#FF9505
  • RGB255, 149, 5
  • CMYK0, 42, 98, 0
  • CSSrgb(255, 149, 5)
  • HSL35°, 100%, 51%
  • HSL Precise34.56°, 100%, 50.98%
  • HSV35°, 98%, 100%
  • HSB35°, 98%, 100%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)1.000
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.584
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.020
  • GLSLvec3(1.000, 0.584, 0.020)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(1.000, 0.584, 0.020, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(1.000, 0.584, 0.020)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB100%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB58.4%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB2%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDFF9505
  • DECIMAL ID16749829
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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