My Sin#FFB31F, a warm bold amber

At a glanceMy Sin is #FFB31F, oklch(81.9% 0.165 76.7), a warm bold amber. Pair it with a cool brilliant blue #4E99DD as an accent, a warm bold scarlet #CC4A40 for harmony, and a warm grayish gold #CBC4BA as a neutral. Put it to work as a brand or accent color, or a warning color, and it takes black text at AA contrast. A coated press has to move it a little, by less than a print run varies anyway.
Color codes

My Sin in RGB, HSL, OKLCH & more

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ffb31f.css
:root { /* how your code speaks it */ /* how your eyes measure it */ /* how the lab measures it, D65 2° */}/* tailwind v4 */

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Color family

What kind of yellow is My Sin?

Every color has a place in the standard vocabulary. This is My Sin's, measured rather than asserted.

My Sin's Munsell numbers: hue 9.5YR, value 7.8 (how light), chroma 12.3 (how vivid). That places it in ISCC-NBS block strong orange yellow, one of 267 named ranges the standard sorts every color into. Chroma 12.3 is moderate. Clearly colored, but not so saturated it fights the colors around it.

It reaches 97% of the way to the edge of your screen's gamut (the palette a screen can actually show) for this hue. Strong, with some headroom left before the screen runs out.

Munsell coordinates and block from the ISCC-NBS system, computed by Rhapsody's own renotation inversion.

Tints & shades

Shades of My Sin, lighter and darker

For hover states, washed backgrounds, and dark surfaces that still read as #FFB31F. 13 steps, spaced evenly by eye, with the color itself sitting at its natural depth, my-sin-300.

Tints (light surfaces; dark text passes on every one)

Midtones (the color at full strength, for brand & accent work)

Shades (dark surfaces; light text passes on every one)

Rhapsody Palette

Most tools mix. Rhapsody measures.

Paste any color. The whole system comes back, contrast-checked before you see it.

Build your palette free

The window on the right was generated from #FFB31F, like this whole page.

Accessibility

Is My Sin accessible? Contrast with white & black

Strong contrast makes your work readable by everyone, and meets the WCAG standard accessibility law points at. AA is the floor; AAA is the tier worth aiming for in body text. Black text on #FFB31F clears WCAG AAA. Every strip below is one surface, and the marks are the steps that reach AAA on it.

Rows are text, columns are background · 60 of 210 pairings reach WCAG 2.2 AAA, shown here.

Rhapsody Palette

Ship the audit, not screenshots.

Run #FFB31F against the colors you actually ship, every pairing and any target, and export it: exact ratios, the AA tier, APCA, in one file.

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The audit on the right was calibrated from #FFB31F, like this whole page.

Print

My Sin in CMYK: one value for files, one per press

Presses move this color a little, by less than a print run varies anyway, so a printer would call it a match. The pairs below show where each standard lands.

In CMYK, #FFB31F is . That is the value design tools and file formats use when no press is involved.

On press (what each standard prints)

CGATS21 CRPC1 (coldset news) shifts on press
on screenon press

shifts ΔE00 7.7, 3.1× the 2.5 a run varies by

GRACoL 2013 Uncoated (CRPC3) shifts on press
on screenon press

shifts ΔE00 4.2, 1.7× the 2.5 a run varies by

GRACoL 2013 (CRPC6) within tolerance
on screenon press

shifts ΔE00 1.3, under the 2.5 a press run varies by

PSO Coated v3 (FOGRA51) within tolerance
on screenon press

shifts ΔE00 1.2, under the 2.5 a press run varies by

Coated FOGRA39 within tolerance
on screenon press

shifts ΔE00 1.6, under the 2.5 a press run varies by

Japan Color 2011 Coated within tolerance
on screenon press

shifts ΔE00 1.3, under the 2.5 a press run varies by

APTEC Flexo Coated within tolerance
on screenon press

shifts ΔE00 1.3, under the 2.5 a press run varies by

CGATS21 CRPC7 (extended gamut) within tolerance
on screenon press

shifts ΔE00 0.7, under the 2.5 a press run varies by

Press values computed through the ICC characterization data each standard proofs against. Each CMYK above is the closest that standard can get, near enough that a press run's own variation is the larger difference.

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The strip shows this page's tints and shades on screen, then through a standard GRACoL 2013 conversion.

The My Sins

Colors similar to My Sin

Here are other colors similar to My Sin along with accessible text pairings and whether or not they're print-safe. Explore The Ambers

Yellow OrangeYellow Orange#FCB001black text · AAA! within tolerance
Orange YellowOrange Yellow#FFAD01black text · AAA! within tolerance
QuinceQuince#FFB800black text · AAA! within tolerance
Orangey YellowOrangey Yellow#FDB915black text · AAA! within tolerance
AmberAmber#FFAC00black text · AAA! within tolerance
SunSun#FBAC13black text · AAA! within tolerance
Yellowish OrangeYellowish Orange#FFAB0Fblack text · AAA! within tolerance
Selective YellowSelective Yellow#FFBA00black text · AAA! within tolerance
ButterscotchButterscotch#FDB147black text · AAA! within tolerance
Yellow SeaYellow Sea#FEA904black text · AAA! within tolerance
ButtercupButtercup#F3AD16black text · AAA✓ prints exactly
SquashSquash#F2AB15black text · AAA✓ prints exactly
OrangeOrange#FFA500black text · AAA! within tolerance
MangoMango#FFA62Bblack text · AAA! within tolerance
Light OrangeLight Orange#FDAA48black text · AAA! within tolerance
Fuel YellowFuel Yellow#ECA927black text · AAA✓ prints exactly
Orange PeelOrange Peel#FFA000black text · AAA! within tolerance
Sea BuckthornSea Buckthorn#FBA129black text · AAA! within tolerance
SaffronSaffron#FF9F00black text · AAA! within tolerance
GambogeGamboge#E49B0Fblack text · AAA! within tolerance
Fire BushFire Bush#E89928black text · AAA✓ prints exactly
DixieDixie#E29418black text · AAA✓ prints exactly
Pairings

Colors that go with My Sin

The complementary color, straight across the wheel, is a cool vivid blue #2858C0. Rhapsody's pick is the split complement, just to one side of it, a livelier pair.

The accent is for the moments that need attention, the harmony for the ones that need calm; the neutral carries the text and surfaces in between.

Downloads

Take My Sin with you

The work on this page doesn't stay here. Save a card and the color arrives in your file, your deck or your board already decided.

My Sin color codes: hex #FFB31F, RGB, HSL, CMYK, and OKLCH, from Rhapsody
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The full tonal scale of My Sin, 13 steps from light to dark with every hex, from Rhapsody
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My Sin paired with a cool brilliant blue #4E99DD, a warm bold scarlet #CC4A40, a warm grayish gold #CBC4BA: hex values and roles, from Rhapsody
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