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Amber (color)




  Hex FFBF00
  R 255g=191b= 0
  C 0m= 25y=100k= 0
  H 45s=100v=100


Amber is an Orange - Yellow Color that got its name for the material known as an Amber . It is famous for being a color used in Traffic Lights . VT220 terminals were also available in amber.


SYMBOLISM

Amber is a symbolic color of energy.


FORMAL DEFINITION

  Title UNECE Amber (desaturated approximation)
  Hex FF7E00
  R 255g=126b= 0
  C 0m= 50y=100k= 0
  H 30s=100v=100


In Automotive Lighting , UNECE Regulations state that direction-indicator lamps and standalone side-marker lamps and reflectors on vehicles must be amber. The color is defined in terms of the CIE 1931 Color Space as follows:

The entirety of this definition lies outside the Gamut of the SRGB color space — such a pure color cannot be represented using RGB primaries. The color swatch to the right is a desaturated approximation, created by taking the Centroid of the standard definition and moving it towards the D65 White Point , until it meets the sRGB gamut triangle.


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