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Amber (color)

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Amber
 
About these coordinates     Color coordinates
Hex triplet#FFC000
sRGBB (r, g, b)(255, 192, 0)
HSV (h, s, v)(45°, 100%, 100%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(81, 99, 58°)
SourceRGB and CMYK color systems.
ISCC–NBS descriptorVivid yellow
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)
Amber as a tertiary color on the RYB color wheel, and quaternary color on the RGB and CMYK color wheel.
  yellow
  amber
  orange
Ant preserved in amber
Ant preserved in amber

The color amber is a pure chroma color, located on the color wheel midway between the colors of yellow and orange. The color name is derived from the material also known as amber, which is commonly found in a range of yellow-orange-brown-red colors; likewise, as a color, amber can refer to a range of yellow-orange colors. In English, the first recorded use of the term as a color name, rather than a reference to the specific substance, was in 1500.[1]

SAE/ECE amber

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SAE/ECE Amber
 
About these coordinates     Color coordinates
Hex triplet#FF7E00
sRGBB (r, g, b)(255, 126, 0)
HSV (h, s, v)(30°, 100%, 100%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(67, 124, 29°)
Source[Unsourced]
ISCC–NBS descriptorVivid reddish orange
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Amber is one of several technically defined colors used in automotive signal lamps. In North America, SAE standard J578 governs the colorimetry of vehicle lights,[2] while outside North America the internationalized European ECE regulations hold force.[3] Both standards designate a range of orange-yellow hues in the CIE color space as "amber".

An amber traffic light
An amber traffic light

In the past, the ECE amber definition was more restrictive than the SAE definition, but the current ECE definition is identical to the more permissive SAE standard. The SAE formally uses the term "yellow amber", though the color is most often referred to as "yellow". This is not the same as selective yellow, a color used in some fog lamps and headlamps.

Formal definitions

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Previously, ECE amber was defined according to the 1968 Convention on Road Traffic,[4] as follows:

Limit towards green
Limit towards red
Limit towards white

Recent revisions to the ECE regulations have aligned ECE Amber with SAE Yellow, defined as follows:

Limit towards green
Limit towards red
Limit towards white

The entirety[clarification needed] of these definitions lie outside the gamut of the sRGB color space — such a pure color cannot be represented using RGB primaries. The color box shown above is a desaturated approximation, produced by taking the centroid of the standard definition and moving it towards the D65 white point, until it meets the sRGB gamut triangle.[citation needed]

Lighting

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LEDs are called amber when their wavelength is approximately 590 nm.
Chronomatic low pressure sodium lamps are 580 to 590 nm.

Cultural use

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These pendants made of amber are also amber-colored

Computers

Interior design

Sports

Traffic engineering

A turn signal emitting amber light

Theatre

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930--McGraw Hill Page 189; Color Sample of Amber: Page 43 Plate 10 Color Sample J3
  2. ^ SAE J578: Color Specification
  3. ^ ECE R6
  4. ^ ECE Convention on Road Traffic, 1968, p. 63
  5. ^ "Answers to fans' questions on amber Everton shirts". Cheshire Live. Cheshire. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
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