Colour

#FFD904

#FFD904
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FFD904 is a yellow with RGB values 255, 217, 4 and HSL 51°, 100%, 51%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#FFD904#FFD904

HEX#FFD904

RGBrgb(255, 217, 4)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.851, 0.0157

RGB percentages100%, 85.1%, 1.6%

HSLhsl(50.9, 100%, 50.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.9, 98.4%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 14.9%, 98.4%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,767,236

CSS custom property--colour: #FFD904;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70894WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness217 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.18:1

Contrast with white1.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D2D2D2

Inverted#0026FB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F1D400no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#FBE026no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FFC6B9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 76 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.38:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 1.1 Yellow · ΔE 22.3 Goldenrod · ΔE 27.3 Orange · ΔE 30.7 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 39.4 Yellow green · ΔE 42.1

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 1.1, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#042AFF

Analogous#FF5C04, #A8FF04

Triadic#04FFD9, #D904FF

Split complementary#04A8FF, #5B04FF

Tetradic#04FF5B, #042AFF, #FF04A8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFF8D0

Lighter +30%#FFF09D

Lighter +20%#FFE86A

Lighter +10%#FFE137

Darker −10%#D0B100

Darker −20%#9D8500

Darker −30%#6A5A00

Darker −40%#372F00

More saturated +25%#FFD904

Less saturated −25%#E0C323

Channel breakdown

R255

G217

Red255 (100%)

Green217 (85.1%)

Blue4 (1.6%)

Hue50.92°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness50.78%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G D9 · B 04

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Colour values

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