Recognised as Colour

#F0D435

#F0D435
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#F0D435 is a yellow with RGB values 240, 212, 53 and HSL 51°, 86%, 57%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#F0D435#F0D435

HEX#F0D435

RGBrgb(240, 212, 53)

RGB (0–1)0.9412, 0.8314, 0.2078

RGB percentages94.1%, 83.1%, 20.8%

HSLhsl(51, 86.2%, 57.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51, 77.9%, 94.1%)

CMYK0%, 11.7%, 77.9%, 5.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,782,965

CSS custom property--colour: #F0D435;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65869WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness209.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.17:1

Contrast with white1.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CECECE

Inverted#0F2BCA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E9CF08no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#F1D841no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FFC4B6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 65.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.48:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 12.2 Goldenrod · ΔE 21.3 Yellow · ΔE 27.3 Khaki · ΔE 31.4 Orange · ΔE 31.6 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 32.8

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 12.2, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3551F0

Analogous#F07635, #AFF035

Triadic#35F0D4, #D435F0

Split complementary#35AFF0, #7635F0

Tetradic#35F076, #3551F0, #F035AF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FEFCF3

Lighter +30%#FBF2C3

Lighter +20%#F7E894

Lighter +10%#F4DE64

Darker −10%#E1C211

Darker −20%#B2990D

Darker −30%#82700A

Darker −40%#534706

More saturated +25%#FFDF26

Less saturated −25%#D5C150

Channel breakdown

R240

G212

B53

Red240 (94.1%)

Green212 (83.1%)

Blue53 (20.8%)

Hue51.02°

Saturation (HSL)86.18%

Lightness57.45%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F0 · G D4 · B 35

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