#FFBB66

sRGB: 255 / 187 / 102
Color name: Crispy Samosa

Cosmic tempests reshape eternity
Restless constellations shimmer across boundless heavens
Wandering dreams find forgotten pathways

The hex code for Crispy Samosa is #FFBB66. It belongs to the orange family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 255 red, 187 green and 102 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 33.3° lands in the orange region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 70.0% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (12.55:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 255, 187, 102
HSL: 33.33°, 100.00%, 70.00%
HSV / HSB: 33.33°, 60.00%, 100.00%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 26.67%, 60.00%, 0.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 61.407, 57.762, 20.486
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 80.606, 15.839, 51.968
WCAG relative luminance: 0.57760
24-bit decimal: 16759654

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #FFBB66 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 12.55:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.67:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#66AAFF sits half a turn (180°) from #FFBB66 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#FFBB66 #66AAFF

Analogous

#FF6E66 and #F7FF66 sit 30° to either side of #FFBB66. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#FF6E66 #FFBB66 #F7FF66

Triadic

#FFBB66, #66FFBB and #BB66FF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#FFBB66 #66FFBB #BB66FF

Split complementary

Start at #FFBB66 and look across the wheel. #66F7FF and #6E66FF sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#FFBB66 #66F7FF #6E66FF

Square

Starting with #FFBB66, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #66FF6E, #66AAFF, then #FF66F7. Across the square, #FFBB66 pairs with #66AAFF, and #66FF6E with #FF66F7.

#FFBB66 #66FF6E #66AAFF #FF66F7

Tetradic

#FFBB66 and #66AAFF are opposites, as are #AAFF66 and #BB66FF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#FFBB66 #AAFF66 #66AAFF #BB66FF

Tints

Mixing #FFBB66 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #FFC985, keeps 80% of the original. By #FFF1E0, the mixture is 80% white.

#FFBB66 #FFC985 #FFD6A3 #FFE4C2 #FFF1E0 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #FFBB66 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CC9652, keeps 80% of the original. By #332514, the mixture is 80% black.

#FFBB66 #CC9652 #99703D #664B29 #332514 #000000

Tones

Mixing #FFBB66 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E6AF6B, keeps 80% of the original. By #998C7B, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#FFBB66 #E6AF6B #CCA370 #B39876 #998C7B #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#FFBB66

RGB

rgb(255 187 102)

HSL

hsl(33.333 100.000% 70.000%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #FFBB66;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#FFBB66 uses 255 red, 187 green and 102 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 100.0%

Green 73.3%

Blue 40.0%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #FFBB66 is 0.0% cyan, 26.7% magenta, 60.0% yellow and 0.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 26.7%

Yellow 60.0%

Black 0.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #FFBB66. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #FB6 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #FFBB66 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FFCC66, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #FFBB66 Nearest web-safe: #FFCC66

Gradient to complement

#FFBB66 #E6B880 #CCB599 #B3B3B3 #99B0CC #80ADE6 #66AAFF

Color vision previews

Compare how #FFBB66 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#D3BF5E

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#E3CE68

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#FFAAA7

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#E4BF61

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#EBC866

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#FFB884

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#C8C8C8

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#E6C2A1

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 1.00000 G 0.49693 B 0.13287

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.95967 G 0.74426 B 0.45416

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.91069 G 0.51363 B 0.17404

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.440 y 0.414 Y 57.762

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 0.000 M % 26.667 Y % 60.000

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

11111111 10111011 01100110