Recognised as Colour

#F0FF37

#F0FF37
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Yellow

#F0FF37 is a yellow with RGB values 240, 255, 55 and HSL 65°, 100%, 61%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 19.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow.

Colour values

#F0FF37#F0FF37

HEX#F0FF37

RGBrgb(240, 255, 55)

RGB (0–1)0.9412, 1, 0.2157

RGB percentages94.1%, 100%, 21.6%

HSLhsl(64.5, 100%, 60.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(64.5, 78.4%, 100%)

CMYK5.9%, 0%, 78.4%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,793,975

CSS custom property--colour: #F0FF37;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.90321WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness236.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 19.06:1

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

Contrast with black19.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#EDEDED

Inverted#0F00C8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFF200no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFF64Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13 from the original

Tritanopia#FFF0DBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 78.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

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

Contrast with black, large text19.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow · ΔE 10.7 Green yellow · ΔE 26.3 Gold · ΔE 26.5 Yellow green · ΔE 29.2 Lawn green · ΔE 41.8 Chartreuse · ΔE 41.8

Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 10.71, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4637FF

Analogous#FFAA37, #8CFF37

Triadic#37F0FF, #FF37F0

Split complementary#378CFF, #AA37FF

Tetradic#37FFAA, #4637FF, #FF378C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FBFFD0

Lighter +20%#F8FF9D

Lighter +10%#F4FF6A

Darker −10%#ECFF04

Darker −20%#C0D000

Darker −30%#919D00

Darker −40%#626A00

More saturated +25%#F0FF37

Less saturated −25%#DBE650

Channel breakdown

R240

G255

B55

Red240 (94.1%)

Green255 (100%)

Blue55 (21.6%)

Hue64.5°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness60.78%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR F0 · G FF · B 37

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