Information about Amber color
Basic facts about this digital color
#FFBF00 is a maximally vivid amber-leaning orange that feels open and friendly. In practice it works well for bold branding moments and attention-grabbing details. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Mango (#FDBE02). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Golden Poppy (#FCC200) and Selective Yellow (#FFBA00).
In RGB terms — rgb(255, 191, 0) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #FFBF00 background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 12.7:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 1.7:1. The name "Amber" is officially recorded for this exact shade in The Official Register of Color Names.
Amber color variations
View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.
Amber color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
Amber color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
Amber color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
Amber color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
Amber 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.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Alternatives to Amber color
View adjacent and very similar colors.
Nearest named colors to Amber
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity.
#FDBE02
#FCC200
#FFBA00
#FDB900
#F8BF00
#FFC901
#F5BD02
#F5BF03
#F9BC08
#FFB300
#FECB00
#F6C604
Amber color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#FFBF00
- RGB255, 191, 0
- CMYK0, 25, 100, 0
- CSSrgb(255, 191, 0)
- HSL45°, 100%, 50%
- HSL Precise44.941°, 100%, 50%
- HSV45°, 100%, 100%
- HSB45°, 100%, 100%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)1.000
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.749
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.000
- GLSLvec3(1.000, 0.749, 0.000)
- GLSL with alphavec4(1.000, 0.749, 0.000, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(1.000, 0.749, 0.000)
- Percentage of Red in RGB100%
- Percentage of Green in RGB74.9%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB0%
- Color FamilyOrange
- Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
- Lightness FamilyLight
- HEX IDFFBF00
- DECIMAL ID16760576
- Name Length5
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