Colour

#FFDC24

#FFDC24
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FFDC24 is a yellow with RGB values 255, 220, 36 and HSL 50°, 100%, 57%. 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

#FFDC24#FFDC24

HEX#FFDC24

RGBrgb(255, 220, 36)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.8627, 0.1412

RGB percentages100%, 86.3%, 14.1%

HSLhsl(50.4, 100%, 57.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.4, 85.9%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 13.7%, 85.9%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,768,036

CSS custom property--colour: #FFDC24;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72574WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness219.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.51:1

Contrast with white1.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.51:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D6D6D6

Inverted#0023DB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F4D700no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#FDE235no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original

Tritanopia#FFCABCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 72.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.35:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 4.4 Yellow · ΔE 22.5 Goldenrod · ΔE 26 Orange · ΔE 31.3 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 38.3 Khaki · ΔE 38.9

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 4.41, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2447FF

Analogous#FF6E24, #B5FF24

Triadic#24FFDC, #DC24FF

Split complementary#24B5FF, #6E24FF

Tetradic#24FF6E, #2447FF, #FF24B5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFDF0

Lighter +30%#FFF4BD

Lighter +20%#FFEC8A

Lighter +10%#FFE457

Darker −10%#F0CA00

Darker −20%#BD9F00

Darker −30%#8A7400

Darker −40%#574900

More saturated +25%#FFDC24

Less saturated −25%#E4C93F

Channel breakdown

R255

G220

B36

Red255 (100%)

Green220 (86.3%)

Blue36 (14.1%)

Hue50.41°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness57.06%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G DC · B 24

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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