Recognised as Colour

#F5DE05

#F5DE05
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#F5DE05 is a yellow with RGB values 245, 222, 5 and HSL 54°, 96%, 49%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#F5DE05#F5DE05

HEX#F5DE05

RGBrgb(245, 222, 5)

RGB (0–1)0.9608, 0.8706, 0.0196

RGB percentages96.1%, 87.1%, 2%

HSLhsl(54.3, 96%, 49%)

HSV / HSBhsv(54.3, 98%, 96.1%)

CMYK0%, 9.4%, 98%, 3.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,113,157

CSS custom property--colour: #F5DE05;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71666WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness216.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.33:1

Contrast with white1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D3D3D3

Inverted#0A21FA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F4D700no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#FBE029no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original

Tritanopia#FFCDBDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 76.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.37:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 7.8 Yellow · ΔE 16.9 Goldenrod · ΔE 30.8 Yellow green · ΔE 36.7 Orange · ΔE 36.8 Khaki · ΔE 42

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 7.77, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#051CF5

Analogous#F56605, #94F505

Triadic#05F5DE, #DE05F5

Split complementary#0594F5, #6605F5

Tetradic#05F566, #051CF5, #F50594

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FEF9C8

Lighter +30%#FDF396

Lighter +20%#FCED64

Lighter +10%#FBE832

Darker −10%#C3B104

Darker −20%#918303

Darker −30%#5F5602

Darker −40%#2D2901

More saturated +25%#FAE200

Less saturated −25%#D6C524

Channel breakdown

R245

G222

Red245 (96.1%)

Green222 (87.1%)

Blue5 (2%)

Hue54.25°

Saturation (HSL)96%

Lightness49.02%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F5 · G DE · B 05

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Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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