Colour

#FFD527

#FFD527
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FFD527 is a yellow with RGB values 255, 213, 39 and HSL 48°, 100%, 58%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#FFD527#FFD527

HEX#FFD527

RGBrgb(255, 213, 39)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.8353, 0.1529

RGB percentages100%, 83.5%, 15.3%

HSLhsl(48.3, 100%, 57.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.3, 84.7%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 16.5%, 84.7%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,766,247

CSS custom property--colour: #FFD527;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68995WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness215.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.8:1

Contrast with white1.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D1D1D1

Inverted#002AD8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EDD100no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#F8DE36no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.8 from the original

Tritanopia#FFC3B7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 70.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.42:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 5.9 Goldenrod · ΔE 22 Yellow · ΔE 27.1 Orange · ΔE 27.1 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 34.6 Khaki · ΔE 37.6

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 5.95, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2751FF

Analogous#FF6927, #BDFF27

Triadic#27FFD5, #D527FF

Split complementary#27BDFF, #6927FF

Tetradic#27FF69, #2751FF, #FF27BD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFDF3

Lighter +30%#FFF3C0

Lighter +20%#FFE98D

Lighter +10%#FFDF5A

Darker −10%#F3C400

Darker −20%#C09B00

Darker −30%#8D7200

Darker −40%#5A4800

More saturated +25%#FFD527

Less saturated −25%#E4C442

Channel breakdown

R255

G213

B39

Red255 (100%)

Green213 (83.5%)

Blue39 (15.3%)

Hue48.33°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness57.65%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G D5 · B 27

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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