Standard Sign Colors

Color			Code*
	Red	Used for stop and yield signs, multiway supplemental plaques, do not enter and wrong way signs, for legend or symbols on some regulatory signs, and as part of Interstate and some state route markers	#FF0000 rgb(255, 0, 0)
	Fluorescent Pink	Used as background color for incident management signs	#FF33CC rgb(255, 51, 204)
	Coral	Reserved for future use	#CC0033 rgb(204, 0, 51)
	Orange	Used as background color for temporary traffic control signs	#FF6600 rgb(255, 102, 0)
	Yellow	Used as background color for warning signs (except temporary signs)**	#FFCC00 rgb(255, 204, 0)
	Fluorescent Yellow-Green	Used as background color for pedestrian, bicycle, and school warning signs	#99FF00 rgb(153, 255, 0)
	Green	Used as background color for guide and information signs, and for legend on permissive regulation and parking signs	#009900 rgb(0, 153, 0)
	Light Blue	Reserved for future use	#66CCFF rgb(102, 204, 255)
	Blue	Used as background color for traveler services information signs, emergency evacuation route signs, and as part of Interstate and some state route markers	#0000FF rgb(0, 0, 255)
	Purple	Used as background color for electronic toll collection signs	#660099 rgb(102, 0, 153)
	Brown	Used as background color for guide and information signs related to points of recreational or cultural interest	#660000 rgb(102, 0, 0)
	Black	Used as background color for one way, night speed limit, and truck regulatory signs, and as legend color on signs with white, yellow, orange, fluorescent pink, and fluorescent yellow-green backgrounds	#000000 rgb(0, 0, 0)
	White	Used as background color for most regulatory signs and some route markers, and as legend color on signs with red, green, blue, brown, and black backgrounds	#FFFFFF rgb(255, 255, 255)

* These are the colors used for rendering signs on this website, and are suitable for most electronic display purposes. Official color values and links to CIE coordinate values can be found on the FHWA MUTCD website (see link below).

** In the past, the Manual of Traffic Signs website used #FFFF00 for yellow. This is a fully acceptable shade for yellow, but the webpage and graphics are moving toward the use of #FFCC00 to slightly better match the shade of most common yellow retroreflective sheetings.

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