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Mikado Yellow #FFC40C

#FFC40Coklch(0.8500 0.1725 86.3)

Mikado yellow (#FFC40C) is a very light vivid yellow. In OKLCH it has lightness 85.0%, chroma 0.172 and hue 86.3°; its relative luminance is 60.8%. Black text reads best on it (APCA Lc 77, WCAG 13.15:1). The closest RAL Classic paint is RAL 1018 Zinc yellow (ΔE00 2.8). In plain ISCC-NBS terms it is a vivid yellow. It prints well on coated paper (FOGRA39, ΔE00 0.5).

#FFC40C in every format

HEX#FFC40C
RGBrgb(255 196 12)
HSLhsl(45.4 100.0% 52.4%)
HSB / HSVhsb(45.4 95.3% 100.0%)
HWBhwb(45.4 4.7% 0.0%)
CMYK (formula)cmyk(0/23/95/0)
CMYK (FOGRA39 coated)cmyk(0/26/93/0)
CIELAB (D50)lab(82.83 12.23 82.46)
LChlch(82.83 83.36 81.6)
OKLaboklab(0.8500 0.0110 0.1721)
OKLCHoklch(0.8500 0.1725 86.3)
CIE XYZ (D65)color(xyz-d65 0.61044 0.60769 0.08862)
CIE xyYxyY(0.4671 0.4650 0.6077)
Display P3color(display-p3 0.9642 0.7778 0.2726)
Linear sRGBcolor(srgb-linear 1.00000 0.55201 0.00368)
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Text on #FFC40C

White textWCAG 1.60:1 · APCA Lc 30
Black textWCAG 13.15:1 · APCA Lc 77

Color blindness

Machado 2009 simulation

Tints and shades

OKLCH lightness steps, hue held

Harmonies

hue rotations on the RGB wheel

Similar colors

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