HEX atlas value

#FFA700

#FFA700 is a warm orange HEX color nearest Chrome Yellow. RGB 255, 167, 0, HSL 39° 100% 50%, luminance 0.489; view contrast and conversions.

orange warm vibrant

#FFA700 Sample readable text

HEX #FFA700

RGB rgb(255, 167, 0)

HSL hsl(39 100% 50%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 35, 100, 0)

Luminance 0.489

Contrast Black 10.78:1White 1.95:1

CSS

--color-ffa700: #FFA700;
.background-ffa700 { background-color: #FFA700; }
.text-ffa700 { color: #FFA700; }

HEX meaning and use

About #FFA700

#FFA700 is classified as a warm orange value with vibrant visual character. #FFA700 is visually closest to Chrome Yellow, a named orange color with HEX #FFA700.

The RGB channels are 255, 167, and 0, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 39deg with 100% saturation and 50% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, mid-lightness atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and high-energy accents. Its luminance is 0.489, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text10.78:1AA Pass

White text1.95:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #FFA700 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000010.78:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.95:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#D9FF00#D9FF00 · #000000 text · best 18.25:1 #FFC65C#FFC65C · #000000 text · best 13.48:1 Fluorescent Orange#FFBF00 · #000000 text · best 12.7:1 #FFA600#FFA600 · #000000 text · best 10.71:1 Orange#FFA500 · #000000 text · best 10.63:1

Generated Palette

Chrome Yellow#FFA700

#0059FF#0059FF

#FF2600#FF2600

#D9FF00#D9FF00

#FFC65C#FFC65C

#A36A00#A36A00

Color Harmonies

#0059FF#0059FF

#FF2600#FF2600

#D9FF00#D9FF00

#00FFA6#00FFA6

#A600FF#A600FF

Variants

#FFC65C#FFC65C

#A36A00#A36A00

#FFA600#FFA600

#E39D1C#E39D1C

#F5D089#F5D089

#FFB429#FFB429

Nearest Named Colors

Chrome Yellow#FFA700

Orange#FFA500

Amber#FFBF00

Fluorescent Orange#FFBF00

Dark Orange#FF8C00

Luminance0.489

Black text10.78:1AA Pass

White text1.95:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#FFA700","rgb":[255,167,0],"hsl":[39,100,50],"cmyk":[0,35,100,0],"luminance":0.489,"contrast":{"black":10.78,"white":1.95}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":10.78,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.95,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#D9FF00","hex":"#D9FF00","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":18.25,"contrastWhite":1.15,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#FFC65C","hex":"#FFC65C","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":13.48,"contrastWhite":1.56,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Fluorescent Orange","hex":"#FFBF00","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":12.7,"contrastWhite":1.65,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#FFA600","hex":"#FFA600","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":10.71,"contrastWhite":1.96,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Orange","hex":"#FFA500","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":10.63,"contrastWhite":1.97,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm orange","vibrant","vibrant orange","Chrome Yellow adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","high-energy accents"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/ffa700.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/chrome-yellow.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/orange.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/amber.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#0059FF","analogous":["#FF2600","#D9FF00"],"triadic":["#00FFA6","#A600FF"],"tetradic":["#00FF26","#0059FF","#FF00D9"],"splitComplementary":["#00D9FF","#2600FF"],"monochromatic":["#FFC65C","#FFA700","#A36A00"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FFC65C","dark":"#A36A00","saturated":"#FFA600","desaturated":"#E39D1C","pastel":"#F5D089","neon":"#FFB429"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"chrome-yellow","name":"Chrome Yellow","hex":"#FFA700","distance":0},{"slug":"orange","name":"Orange","hex":"#FFA500","distance":2},{"slug":"amber","name":"Amber","hex":"#FFBF00","distance":24},{"slug":"fluorescent-orange","name":"Fluorescent Orange","hex":"#FFBF00","distance":24},{"slug":"dark-orange","name":"Dark Orange","hex":"#FF8C00","distance":27}]

#FFA700

CSS

About #FFA700

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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