Sunglow #FFD166

About this color

#FFD166 is a light, moderately saturated orange. In OKLCH its lightness is 88%, its chroma 0.135 and its hue 86°. Its hue sits on the warm side of the wheel. It is the named color Sunglow. Black text reads best on it, at 14.56:1.

Colors that go with Sunglow

Matches found by rotating Sunglow around the OKLCH hue wheel, each labelled with the closest name in our list.

Color palettes with Sunglow

Curated color palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.06 (OKLab) of Sunglow, closest first.

• Poster and Siren
• Pool Festival
• Popsicle Night
• Cabana and Watermelon
• Papaya Stand
• Watermelon Fruit
• Paprika Descent
• Blush and Saffron

Similar named colors

The eight named colors closest to Sunglow, with their ΔE distance.

• Light Mustard #F7D560 ΔE 0.018
• Maize #F4D054 ΔE 0.024
• Sandy #F1DA7A ΔE 0.028
• Pale Gold #FDDE6C ΔE 0.031
• Light Gold #F3DE8A ΔE 0.040
• Sand Yellow #FCE166 ΔE 0.040
• Dull Yellow #EEDC5B ΔE 0.040
• Yellow Tan #FFE36E ΔE 0.044

More about Sunglow

• Shades of yellow
• What yellow means

How to make Sunglow

A starting recipe from common paint colors, found with a spectral paint model (the color mixer’s paint mode). Real pigments vary, so mix a small test batch and adjust.

• 2 parts white
• 1 part orange
• 1 part yellow

Recipe result: #FDD168, a difference of ΔE 0.003 from Sunglow. That is very close: most people will not see the difference.

What colors make yellow? | Color mixing chart

Codes for Sunglow in every format

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Shades and tints of Sunglow

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 200.

1. Step 50

   50

   #FCF5E4

   oklch(97.1% 0.024 88.2)

2. Step 100

   100

   #F9E8C5

   oklch(93.6% 0.049 85.1)

3. Step 200

   200 (this color)

   #FFD166

   oklch(88% 0.135 86.1)

4. Step 300

   300

   #F0B700

   oklch(80.9% 0.166 85.9)

5. Step 400

   400

   #C89900

   oklch(70.8% 0.145 86.5)

6. Step 500

   500

   #AC8200

   oklch(63% 0.129 85.7)

7. Step 600

   600

   #916D00

   oklch(55.6% 0.114 85.6)

8. Step 700

   700

   #7A5C00

   oklch(49.2% 0.101 86.4)

9. Step 800

   800

   #644B00

   oklch(42.8% 0.087 86.6)

10. Step 900

    900

    #543E00

    oklch(37.8% 0.077 85.9)

11. Step 950

    950

    #322400

    oklch(27% 0.055 86.6)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

Sunglow with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.