Colour

#FFDB21

#FFDB21
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FFDB21 is a yellow with RGB values 255, 219, 33 and HSL 50°, 100%, 56%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#FFDB21#FFDB21

HEX#FFDB21

RGBrgb(255, 219, 33)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.8588, 0.1294

RGB percentages100%, 85.9%, 12.9%

HSLhsl(50.3, 100%, 56.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.3, 87.1%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 14.1%, 87.1%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,767,777

CSS custom property--colour: #FFDB21;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72033WCAG 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 15.41:1

Contrast with white1.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D5D5D5

Inverted#0024DE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F3D600no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#FCE233no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FFC9BBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 72.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.36:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 3.8 Yellow · ΔE 22.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 25.9 Orange · ΔE 30.8 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 38.1 Khaki · ΔE 39.3

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 3.8, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2145FF

Analogous#FF6C21, #B4FF21

Triadic#21FFDB, #DB21FF

Split complementary#21B4FF, #6C21FF

Tetradic#21FF6C, #2145FF, #FF21B4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFCED

Lighter +30%#FFF4BA

Lighter +20%#FFEC87

Lighter +10%#FFE354

Darker −10%#EDC700

Darker −20%#BA9C00

Darker −30%#877100

Darker −40%#544600

More saturated +25%#FFDB21

Less saturated −25%#E3C83D

Channel breakdown

R255

G219

B33

Red255 (100%)

Green219 (85.9%)

Blue33 (12.9%)

Hue50.27°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness56.47%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G DB · B 21

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