Recognised as Colour

#FFDC11

#FFDC11
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FFDC11 is a yellow with RGB values 255, 220, 17 and HSL 51°, 100%, 53%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#FFDC11#FFDC11

HEX#FFDC11

RGBrgb(255, 220, 17)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.8627, 0.0667

RGB percentages100%, 86.3%, 6.7%

HSLhsl(51.2, 100%, 53.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.2, 93.3%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 13.7%, 93.3%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,768,017

CSS custom property--colour: #FFDC11;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72487WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness218.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.5:1

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

Contrast with black15.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D5D5D5

Inverted#0023EE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F4D700no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#FDE22Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original

Tritanopia#FFCABCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 75.4 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 text15.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 2.8 Yellow · ΔE 21 Goldenrod · ΔE 28 Orange · ΔE 32.1 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 40.1 Yellow green · ΔE 40.8

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 2.77, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1134FF

Analogous#FF6511, #ABFF11

Triadic#11FFDC, #DC11FF

Split complementary#11ABFF, #6511FF

Tetradic#11FF65, #1134FF, #FF11AB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFADD

Lighter +30%#FFF3AA

Lighter +20%#FFEB77

Lighter +10%#FFE444

Darker −10%#DDBD00

Darker −20%#AA9100

Darker −30%#776600

Darker −40%#443A00

More saturated +25%#FFDC11

Less saturated −25%#E1C72F

Channel breakdown

R255

G220

B17

Red255 (100%)

Green220 (86.3%)

Blue17 (6.7%)

Hue51.18°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness53.33%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G DC · B 11

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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