HEX Color #F0A82C (Goldenrod)

About #F0A82C

At its core, #F0A82C is a medium and vivid hue. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Goldenrod. Its digital footprint relies on 240 parts red, 168 parts green, and 44 parts blue light.

For print applications, it's crucial to understand its CMYK makeup. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 30% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 38.0° hue, 86.7% saturation, and 55.7% lightness.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #000000 text provides the most optimal reading experience. Strict adherence to these ratios protects visually impaired users from unreadable interfaces.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#F0A82C

RGB240, 168, 44

HSL38.0°, 86.7%, 55.7%

CMYK0%, 30%, 82%, 6%

HSV38.0°, 81.7%, 94.1%

LAB74.0, 16.7, 68.9

XYZ50.4, 46.7, 8.7

Decimal15771692

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#F0A82C #2C73EF

Analogous

#EF462C #D5EF2C

Triadic

#2CEFA8 #A72CEF

Tetradic

#2CEF46 #2C73EF #EF2CD5

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#F0A82C

#F1B143

#F3BB5A

#F5C572

#F6CE89

#F8D8A1

#FAE2B8

#FBEBD0

#FDF5E7

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#F0A82C

#D59527

#BA8222

#A0701D

#855D18

#6A4A13

#50380E

#352509

#1A1204

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

2.03:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

10.34:1

Text on #000000

AAA

1.94:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

8.79:1

Text on #0F172A

AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #F0A82C; }

.text-color { color: #F0A82C; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #F0A82C; }

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