Colour reference

Marigold

#ffbe0b

RGB: rgb(255 190 11)
HSL: 44°, 100%, 52%
OKLCh: 83.9% 0.171 83.3

Marigold in every format

Web & CSSThe everyday formats for stylesheets and design tools.

Hex	`#ffbe0b`
RGB	`rgb(255 190 11)`
RGB legacy	`rgb(255, 190, 11)`
RGB percent	`rgb(100% 74.51% 4.31%)`
HSL	`hsl(44 100% 52.2%)`
HSL legacy	`hsl(44, 100%, 52.2%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(44, 95.7%, 100%)`
HWB	`hwb(44 4.3% 0%)`
Nearest name	`orange (approx.)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 95.7%, 0%)`Naive conversion. Real print work needs an ICC profile.

Perceptual & wide gamutModern CSS colour spaces for uniform scales and P3 displays.

OKLCh	`oklch(83.855% 0.17093 83.339)`Modern CSS colour space for even palettes — better than HSL when building scales.
OKLab	`oklab(83.855% 0.01983 0.16977)`
CIE LCh	`lch(81.392% 83.012 79.465)`
CIE Lab	`lab(81.392% 15.177 81.613)`
Display P3	`color(display-p3 0.9611 0.7554 0.2657)`
Rec. 2020	`color(rec2020 0.8934 0.7356 0.2214)`
srgb-linear	`color(srgb-linear 1 0.5149 0.0033)`Light-linear sRGB — the same numbers a shader wants for maths.
CIE XYZ (D65)	`color(xyz-d65 0.5971 0.5811 0.0839)`

ShadersGLSL, HLSL and WGSL vectors in both encoded and linear form.

GLSL vec3 — sRGB	`vec3(1.0, 0.745, 0.043)`Encoded values. Use when writing straight to the framebuffer.
GLSL vec3 — linear	`vec3(1.0, 0.515, 0.003)`Light-linear values. Use for lighting, blending and mixing.
GLSL vec4 — sRGB	`vec4(1.0, 0.745, 0.043, 1.0)`
GLSL vec4 — linear	`vec4(1.0, 0.515, 0.003, 1.0)`
GLSL ivec3	`ivec3(255, 190, 11)`
HLSL float3 — sRGB	`float3(1.0, 0.745, 0.043)`
HLSL float3 — linear	`float3(1.0, 0.515, 0.003)`
HLSL float4 — sRGB	`float4(1.0, 0.745, 0.043, 1.0)`
HLSL half4 — sRGB	`half4(1.0, 0.745, 0.043, 1.0)`
WGSL vec3f — sRGB	`vec3f(1.0, 0.745, 0.043)`
WGSL vec4f — sRGB	`vec4f(1.0, 0.745, 0.043, 1.0)`
WGSL vec3<f32> — linear	`vec3<f32>(1.0, 0.515, 0.003)`

Engines & appsConstructors for Unity, Unreal, Godot, Flutter, SwiftUI and Android.

Unity Color	`new Color(1.0f, 0.745f, 0.043f, 1.0f)`Color for everyday scripting (0–1). Color32 when you need whole numbers from 0 to 255.
Unity Color32	`new Color32(255, 190, 11, 255)`
Unreal FLinearColor	`FLinearColor(1.0f, 0.5149f, 0.0033f, 1.0f)`FLinearColor for materials and lighting. FColor when you need whole numbers from 0 to 255.
Unreal FColor	`FColor(255, 190, 11, 255)`Whole numbers from 0 to 255 — use when an API asks for FColor, not FLinearColor.
Godot Color	`Color(1, 0.745, 0.043, 1)`
Flutter Color	`Color(0xFFFFBE0B)`Packed ARGB, so alpha comes first.
Android Color	`Color.rgb(255, 190, 11)`
SwiftUI Color	`Color(red: 1, green: 0.745, blue: 0.043)`
UIKit UIColor	`UIColor(red: 1, green: 0.745, blue: 0.043, alpha: 1)`

Raw valuesPacked integers and plain arrays.

0x hex	`0xFFBE0B`
0x hex (ARGB)	`0xFFFFBE0B`
Array 0–1	`[1, 0.745, 0.043]`
Array 0–255	`[255, 190, 11]`
Decimal integer	`16760331`

Contrast and accessibility

WCAG 2 ratios are what audits and legislation reference. APCA is shown alongside because WCAG 2 is known to misjudge mid-tone backgrounds, and it is the basis of the WCAG 3 draft.

Pairing	WCAG 2 ratio	Level	APCA	Suitable for
Marigold on white	1.66:1	Fail	Lc 29	Not usable for text
Marigold on black	12.62:1	AAA	Lc 74	Headings and large text

Marigold text on a white background

Marigold text on a black background

White text on Marigold

Black text on Marigold

Tonal scale

Hue held fixed while lightness walks OKLCh, ready to use as a design system ramp.

50#fff4c5
100#ffe8a2
200#ffd362
300#f5bb37
400#da9d00
500#b68000
600#966800
700#795300
800#614100
900#4e3200
950#2e1b00

Tints and shades

Mixed perceptually toward white and black, so the steps feel evenly spaced.

Tint 1#ffca58
Tint 2#ffd580
Tint 3#ffe0a3
Tint 4#ffebc3
Tint 5#fff5e1
Shade 1#c89406
Shade 2#946d03
Shade 3#634801
Shade 4#362600
Shade 5#0f0800

Colours that work with Marigold

Complementary, triadic and analogous partners, rotated in OKLCh so they keep the same apparent brightness.

#a8caff
#00e7f9
#ffa1ff
#ffb277
#cbd537

Closest CSS names

orangeΔEok 0.059
goldΔEok 0.062
goldenrodΔEok 0.090
sandybrownΔEok 0.092
burlywoodΔEok 0.101
khakiΔEok 0.106