Recognised as Colour

#DDFF28

#DDFF28
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Yellow

#DDFF28 is a yellow with RGB values 221, 255, 40 and HSL 69°, 100%, 58%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow.

Colour values

#DDFF28#DDFF28

HEX#DDFF28

RGBrgb(221, 255, 40)

RGB (0–1)0.8667, 1, 0.1569

RGB percentages86.7%, 100%, 15.7%

HSLhsl(69.5, 100%, 57.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(69.5, 84.3%, 100%)

CMYK13.3%, 0%, 84.3%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,548,776

CSS custom property--colour: #DDFF28;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.87045WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness230.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.41:1

Contrast with white1.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black18.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E8E8E8

Inverted#2200D7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFF000no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFF142no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.3 from the original

Tritanopia#EBF1DAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 81.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.14:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text18.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow · ΔE 15.4 Green yellow · ΔE 18.7 Yellow green · ΔE 27.5 Lawn green · ΔE 33.7 Chartreuse · ΔE 33.7 Gold · ΔE 33.7

Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 15.38, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#4A28FF

Analogous#FFB528, #72FF28

Triadic#28DDFF, #FF28DD

Split complementary#2871FF, #B528FF

Tetradic#28FFB6, #4A28FF, #FF2872

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FDFFF4

Lighter +30%#F5FFC1

Lighter +20%#EDFF8E

Lighter +10%#E5FF5B

Darker −10%#CDF400

Darker −20%#A2C100

Darker −30%#788E00

Darker −40%#4D5B00

More saturated +25%#DDFF28

Less saturated −25%#CBE443

Channel breakdown

R221

G255

B40

Red221 (86.7%)

Green255 (100%)

Blue40 (15.7%)

Hue69.49°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness57.84%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR DD · G FF · B 28

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Colour values

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