Colour

#FFD94F

#FFD94F
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FFD94F is a yellow with RGB values 255, 217, 79 and HSL 47°, 100%, 65%. 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

#FFD94F#FFD94F

HEX#FFD94F

RGBrgb(255, 217, 79)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.851, 0.3098

RGB percentages100%, 85.1%, 31%

HSLhsl(47, 100%, 65.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(47, 69%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 14.9%, 69%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,767,311

CSS custom property--colour: #FFD94F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7145WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness218.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.29:1

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

Contrast with black15.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7

Inverted#0026B0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EFD53Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#F9E156no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FFC8BDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 59.9 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 text15.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 17.4 Goldenrod · ΔE 19.4 Khaki · ΔE 26.2 Orange · ΔE 29.5 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 31.3 Yellow · ΔE 33.5

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 17.39, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4F75FF

Analogous#FF814F, #CDFF4F

Triadic#4FFFD9, #D94FFF

Split complementary#4FCDFF, #814FFF

Tetradic#4FFF81, #4F75FF, #FF4FCD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFAE8

Lighter +20%#FFEFB5

Lighter +10%#FFE482

Darker −10%#FFCE1C

Darker −20%#E8B600

Darker −30%#B58E00

Darker −40%#826600

More saturated +25%#FFD94F

Less saturated −25%#E9CD65

Channel breakdown

R255

G217

B79

Red255 (100%)

Green217 (85.1%)

Blue79 (31%)

Hue47.05°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness65.49%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G D9 · B 4F

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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