Hex to CMYK
The arithmetic conversion, and why a real press will not match it.
#f59e0b
A light, moderately saturated yellow. Closest CSS name: `orange`.
- Hex
- #f59e0b
- RGB
- rgb(245 158 11)
- HSL
- hsl(37.7 92.1% 50.2%)
- OKLCH
- oklch(0.769 0.165 70.1)
- CMYK
- cmyk(0% 35.51% 95.51% 3.92%)
- Nearest name
- orange
Readable text
White text
2.15:1
Black text
9.78:1
Use black text. Passes AA for normal text: yes · AAA: yes · AA for large text: yes
Worth knowing
Worth knowing
12 derived colours are outside sRGB
Rotating hue at this chroma produces colours a normal screen cannot display, so they have been clipped to the nearest sRGB colour. The hex values shown are therefore not exactly what the maths asked for, and the harmony will look slightly less even than it should.
Fix: Lower the chroma of the input colour before deriving harmonies, or accept the clipped values as an approximation.
Note
CMYK here is a naive conversion
CMYK has no fixed meaning without an output profile — the same numbers print differently on different presses and papers. The value shown is the standard arithmetic conversion, not a colour-managed one.
Fix: For print work, convert in software with the press profile applied.
Complementary — the opposite hue
complementary
#56b9ff
clipped to sRGB
Analogous — neighbouring hues
analogous −30°
#ff8b5d
clipped to sRGB
analogous +30°
#cdb500
clipped to sRGB
Triadic — evenly spaced
triadic +120°
#00d3cb
clipped to sRGB
triadic +240°
#d493ff
clipped to sRGB
Split-complementary — softer opposites
split-complementary +150°
#00cafc
clipped to sRGB
split-complementary +210°
#a1a5ff
clipped to sRGB
Monochromatic — one hue, five lightnesses
lightness 0.25
#4d0000
clipped to sRGB
lightness 0.4
#7b2c00
clipped to sRGB
lightness 0.55
#ac5a00
clipped to sRGB
lightness 0.7
#de8800
clipped to sRGB
lightness 0.85
#ffb83d
clipped to sRGB
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