Colour

#FFD938

#FFD938
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FFD938 is a yellow with RGB values 255, 217, 56 and HSL 49°, 100%, 61%. 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

#FFD938#FFD938

HEX#FFD938

RGBrgb(255, 217, 56)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.851, 0.2196

RGB percentages100%, 85.1%, 22%

HSLhsl(48.5, 100%, 61%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.5, 78%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 14.9%, 78%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,767,288

CSS custom property--colour: #FFD938;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71171WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness217.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.23:1

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

Contrast with black15.23:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D5D5D5

Inverted#0026C7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F0D50Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#FAE043no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FFC7BBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 67.2 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 text15.23:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 9.4 Goldenrod · ΔE 21.7 Yellow · ΔE 27.5 Orange · ΔE 28.8 Khaki · ΔE 33.6 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 34.2

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 9.44, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#385EFF

Analogous#FF7638, #C2FF38

Triadic#38FFD9, #D938FF

Split complementary#38C1FF, #7538FF

Tetradic#38FF76, #385EFF, #FF38C2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFF6D1

Lighter +20%#FFEC9E

Lighter +10%#FFE36B

Darker −10%#FFCF05

Darker −20%#D1A900

Darker −30%#9E8000

Darker −40%#6B5700

More saturated +25%#FFD938

Less saturated −25%#E6CA51

Channel breakdown

R255

G217

B56

Red255 (100%)

Green217 (85.1%)

Blue56 (22%)

Hue48.54°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness60.98%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G D9 · B 38

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Channel breakdown

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