Recognised as Colour

#FFD405

#FFD405
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FFD405 is a yellow with RGB values 255, 212, 5 and HSL 50°, 100%, 51%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#FFD405#FFD405

HEX#FFD405

RGBrgb(255, 212, 5)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.8314, 0.0196

RGB percentages100%, 83.1%, 2%

HSLhsl(49.7, 100%, 51%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.7, 98%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 16.9%, 98%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,765,957

CSS custom property--colour: #FFD405;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68358WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness214.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.67:1

Contrast with white1.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CECECE

Inverted#002BFA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EDD000no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#F7DD24no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.4 from the original

Tritanopia#FFC1B5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 74.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.43:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 2 Goldenrod · ΔE 24.9 Yellow · ΔE 25.3 Orange · ΔE 27.7 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 37.2 Dark orange · ΔE 42.1

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 1.97, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0530FF

Analogous#FF5705, #ADFF05

Triadic#05FFD4, #D405FF

Split complementary#05ADFF, #5705FF

Tetradic#05FF57, #0530FF, #FF05AD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFF7D1

Lighter +30%#FFEE9E

Lighter +20%#FFE66B

Lighter +10%#FFDD38

Darker −10%#D1AD00

Darker −20%#9E8300

Darker −30%#6B5900

Darker −40%#382E00

More saturated +25%#FFD405

Less saturated −25%#E0C024

Channel breakdown

R255

G212

Red255 (100%)

Green212 (83.1%)

Blue5 (2%)

Hue49.68°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness50.98%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G D4 · B 05

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