Information about #FFC23B color

#FFC23B color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#FFC23B falls into the Orange Color Family — Full Saturation, Very Light brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(255, 194, 59) — 100% red, 76.1% green, 23.1% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 0 / 24 / 77 / 0. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#FFC23B presents itself as a pure, full-strength amber-leaning orange — one that has a delicate, washed-out lightness. In practice it works well for airy backdrops, whitespace-heavy designs and gentle gradients. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Amur Cork Tree (#F3C13A). Slightly further away sit Sunglow (#FFCC33) and Neon Gold (#FFC42E).

In RGB terms — rgb(255, 194, 59) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 13.0:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 1.6:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #FFC23B is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#FFC23B color variations

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

#FFC23B 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 #FFC23B

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Sunglow color link
Sunglow

#FFCC33

Neon Gold color link
Neon Gold

#FFC42E

Rubber Duck color link
Rubber Duck

#FFB437

Bright Spark color link
Bright Spark

#F3BE33

Saffron color link
Saffron

#F4C430

Teddy color link
Teddy

#EFC741

Chickadee color link
Chickadee

#FFC34D

Charger color link
Charger

#F9C24E

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#FFC23B
  • RGB255, 194, 59
  • CMYK0, 24, 77, 0
  • CSSrgb(255, 194, 59)
  • HSL41°, 100%, 62%
  • HSL Precise41.327°, 100%, 61.569%
  • HSV41°, 77%, 100%
  • HSB41°, 77%, 100%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)1.000
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.761
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.231
  • GLSLvec3(1.000, 0.761, 0.231)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(1.000, 0.761, 0.231, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(1.000, 0.761, 0.231)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB100%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB76.1%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB23.1%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDFFC23B
  • DECIMAL ID16761403
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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