Colour

#FFD308

#FFD308
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FFD308 is a yellow with RGB values 255, 211, 8 and HSL 49°, 100%, 52%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#FFD308#FFD308

HEX#FFD308

RGBrgb(255, 211, 8)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.8275, 0.0314

RGB percentages100%, 82.7%, 3.1%

HSLhsl(49.3, 100%, 51.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.3, 96.9%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 17.3%, 96.9%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,765,704

CSS custom property--colour: #FFD308;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67866WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness213.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.57:1

Contrast with white1.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CECECE

Inverted#002CF7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#ECCF00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#F7DC25no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.4 from the original

Tritanopia#FFC0B4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 73.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.44:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 2.7 Goldenrod · ΔE 24.2 Yellow · ΔE 26 Orange · ΔE 27.1 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 36.6 Dark orange · ΔE 41.5

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 2.7, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0834FF

Analogous#FF5808, #AFFF08

Triadic#08FFD3, #D308FF

Split complementary#08AFFF, #5808FF

Tetradic#08FF58, #0834FF, #FF08AF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFF7D4

Lighter +30%#FFEEA1

Lighter +20%#FFE56E

Lighter +10%#FFDC3B

Darker −10%#D4AE00

Darker −20%#A18400

Darker −30%#6E5A00

Darker −40%#3B3000

More saturated +25%#FFD308

Less saturated −25%#E0BF27

Channel breakdown

R255

G211

Red255 (100%)

Green211 (82.7%)

Blue8 (3.1%)

Hue49.31°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness51.57%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G D3 · B 08

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