Colour

#F0D800

#F0D800
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#F0D800 is a yellow with RGB values 240, 216, 0 and HSL 54°, 100%, 47%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#F0D800#F0D800

HEX#F0D800

RGBrgb(240, 216, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.9412, 0.8471, 0

RGB percentages94.1%, 84.7%, 0%

HSLhsl(54, 100%, 47.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(54, 100%, 94.1%)

CMYK0%, 10%, 100%, 5.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,783,936

CSS custom property--colour: #F0D800;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67637WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness211.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.53:1

Contrast with white1.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CECECE

Inverted#0F27FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EED100no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#F5DB26no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FFC7B8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 75.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.45:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 7.1 Yellow · ΔE 19.2 Goldenrod · ΔE 28.5 Orange · ΔE 35.2 Yellow green · ΔE 36.1 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 39.8

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 7.12, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0018F0

Analogous#F06000, #90F000

Triadic#00F0D8, #D800F0

Split complementary#0090F0, #6000F0

Tetradic#00F060, #0018F0, #F00090

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFF8BD

Lighter +30%#FFF38A

Lighter +20%#FFEE57

Lighter +10%#FFE924

Darker −10%#BDAA00

Darker −20%#8A7C00

Darker −30%#574E00

Darker −40%#242000

More saturated +25%#F0D800

Less saturated −25%#D2C01E

Channel breakdown

R240

G216

Red240 (94.1%)

Green216 (84.7%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue54°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness47.06%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F0 · G D8 · B 00

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