What color is #FFA600?

#FFA600 is a vivid orange known as Cheese. It belongs to the orange family of colors.

What is the RGB value of Cheese?

The RGB value is 255, 166, 0: 255 red, 166 green and 0 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of Cheese?

The complementary color is #0059FF, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #FFA600?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 10.71:1 and white text 1.96:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

Cheese color: hex code #FFA600

#FFA600 rgb(255, 166, 0)

Shades of orange

Cheese has the hex code #FFA600. It is a vivid orange.

In the RGB color model it is made of 100% red, 65.1% green and 0% blue (255, 166, 0).

Its hue angle is 39°, with 100% saturation and 50% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 0% cyan, 35% magenta, 100% yellow and 0% black.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 10.71:1).

Cheese (#FFA600) color codes

HEX	`#FFA600`
RGB	`rgb(255, 166, 0)`
RGB percent	`rgb(100%, 65.1%, 0%)`
HSL	`hsl(39, 100%, 50%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(39, 100%, 100%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 35%, 100%, 0%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(75.16, 23.41, 79.1)`
CIE LCH	`lch(75.16, 82.49, 73.51)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(54.881, 48.538, 6.478)`
Decimal	`16754176`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with Cheese, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #FFA600	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	10.71:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	1.96:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#FFA600 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	1.96:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	10.71:1	Pass	Pass	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #FFA600 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #ffa600; }
.text { color: #ffa600; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ffa600; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(255 166 0 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #ffa600, #d8ff00); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

See #FFA600 on its hex code page

Questions

What color is #FFA600?: #FFA600 is a vivid orange known as Cheese. It belongs to the orange family of colors.
What is the RGB value of Cheese?: The RGB value is 255, 166, 0: 255 red, 166 green and 0 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of Cheese?: The complementary color is #0059FF, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #FFA600?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 10.71:1 and white text 1.96:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.