Atomic Tangerine is a fluorescent (neon) color formulated by Crayola. Initially, from 1972 this color was called Ultra Yellow, and later in 1990 color name was changed to Atomic Tangerine.
Atomic Tangerine (Ultra Yellow) color belongs to the Orange Neon color family (hue). The hexadecimal color code(color number) for Atomic Tangerine (Ultra Yellow) is #FF9966, and the RGB color code is RGB(255, 153, 102).
In the RGB color model, Atomic Tangerine (Ultra Yellow) has a red value of 255, a green value of 153, and a blue value of 102. The CMYK color model (also known as process color, used in color printing) comprises 0.0% cyan, 40.0% magenta, 60.0% yellow, and 0.0% key (black). The HSL color scale has a hue of 20° (degrees), 100.0 % saturation, and 70.0 % lightness. In the HSB/HSV color space, Atomic Tangerine (Ultra Yellow) has a hue of 20° (degrees), 60.0 % saturation and 100.0 % brightness/value.
The color Atomic Tangerine (Ultra Yellow) is a warm color.
Atomic Tangerine (Ultra Yellow) has an LRV of nearly 45. By LRV value, it is a medium light color.
Light Reflectance Value (LRV) is a measure of how much visible light is reflected off a surface. It is a number on a scale of 0 to 100, with 0 being pure black and 100 being pure white. The higher the LRV, the more light the color reflects and the lighter it will appear.
Compare LRV 45 of Atomic Tangerine (Ultra Yellow) with dark and light color
Check if the color Atomic Tangerine (Ultra Yellow) meets Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) standards, minimum contrast ratio standards between text and background colors. The WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) provides global standards for readable web content.
WCAG Recommendations - Large Text: above 18pt or 14pt bold. Normal Text: below 18pt or 14pt bold.
Normal text - 14pt
Normal Bold text - 12pt
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Atomic Tangerine (Ultra Yellow) (Color - Crayola Crayons) color codes / color number / color space conversions - HEX, RGBA, CMYK, HSL, HSV/HSB, HYZ, CMY, HWB, RYB
What is Delta E (ΔE)?
Delta E is the standard measure of how different two colors look to the human eye, rather than how far apart their hex codes happen to be. It runs from 0, an exact match, to 100, the largest possible difference — so the lower the Delta E, the closer the match. The match percentage shown on each color below is simply 100% minus its ΔE.
These are the named colors closest to Atomic Tangerine (Ultra Yellow) (Color - Crayola Crayons), closest match first. Each card shows how much of the color the human eye sees as the same, measured as Delta E (ΔE).
Pantone PMS
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Pantone TCX
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RAL Design
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British Standard 4800
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These are the real paint colors closest to Atomic Tangerine (Ultra Yellow) (Color - Crayola Crayons) from major brands, ranked by Delta E (ΔE) match. A paint above 98% will be hard to tell apart from Atomic Tangerine (Ultra Yellow) once it is on a wall.
Dunn-Edwards
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Valspar
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Behr
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Benjamin Moore
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PPG Paints
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Sherwin Williams
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Farrow & Ball
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Monochromatic colors belong to the same hue angle but different tints and shades. Monochromatic color palette can be generated by keeping the exact hue of the base color and then changing the saturation and lightness.
Analogous colors are a group of colors adjacent to each other on a color wheel. Group of these adjacent colors forms Analogous color scheme Palette. Analogous Palette can be generated by increasing or decreasing the hue value by 30 points.
The triadic color palette has three colors separated by 120° in the RGB color wheel
The tetradic colour scheme composed of two sets of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Complementary / Opposite Color
Complementary colors are pairs of colors which, when combined or mixed, cancel each other out (lose hue) by producing a grayscale color like white or black. When placed next to each other, they create the strongest contrast for those two colors. Complementary colors also called opposite colors. Complementary color schemes are created using two opposite colors on the color wheel. The examples are red–cyan, green–magenta, and blue–yellow.
Color that best contrast with Atomic Tangerine (Ultra Yellow) - #FF9966 is #66CCFF, color name is Light Sky Blue*. Contrast indicates a strong difference in color. Contrasting color can be found several ways, Complimentary contrast is one of them. Complementary contrast colors are opposite each other on the color wheel.
Complementary or Opposite color for Atomic Tangerine (Ultra Yellow) - #FF9966 is #66CCFF, color name is Light Sky Blue*.
