Recognised as Colour

#FFD949

#FFD949
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FFD949 is a yellow with RGB values 255, 217, 73 and HSL 47°, 100%, 64%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#FFD949#FFD949

HEX#FFD949

RGBrgb(255, 217, 73)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.851, 0.2863

RGB percentages100%, 85.1%, 28.6%

HSLhsl(47.5, 100%, 64.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(47.5, 71.4%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 14.9%, 71.4%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,767,305

CSS custom property--colour: #FFD949;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71367WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness218.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.27:1

Contrast with white1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7

Inverted#0026B6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F0D533no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#F9E151no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FFC8BCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 61.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.37:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 15.1 Goldenrod · ΔE 19.8 Khaki · ΔE 28.3 Orange · ΔE 29.1 Yellow · ΔE 31.7 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 31.9

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 15.14, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#496FFF

Analogous#FF7E49, #CAFF49

Triadic#49FFD9, #D949FF

Split complementary#49CAFF, #7E49FF

Tetradic#49FF7E, #496FFF, #FF49CA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFF9E2

Lighter +20%#FFEEAF

Lighter +10%#FFE47C

Darker −10%#FFCE16

Darker −20%#E2B300

Darker −30%#AF8A00

Darker −40%#7C6200

More saturated +25%#FFD949

Less saturated −25%#E8CC60

Channel breakdown

R255

G217

B73

Red255 (100%)

Green217 (85.1%)

Blue73 (28.6%)

Hue47.47°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness64.31%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G D9 · B 49

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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