Recognised as Colour

#FFDC2A

#FFDC2A
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FFDC2A is a yellow with RGB values 255, 220, 42 and HSL 50°, 100%, 58%. 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

#FFDC2A#FFDC2A

HEX#FFDC2A

RGBrgb(255, 220, 42)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.8627, 0.1647

RGB percentages100%, 86.3%, 16.5%

HSLhsl(50.1, 100%, 58.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.1, 83.5%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 13.7%, 83.5%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,768,042

CSS custom property--colour: #FFDC2A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72614WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness219.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.52:1

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

Contrast with black15.52:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7

Inverted#0023D5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F4D700no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#FDE239no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original

Tritanopia#FFCABDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 71.6 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 text15.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 5.5 Yellow · ΔE 23.3 Goldenrod · ΔE 25.2 Orange · ΔE 31 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 37.5 Khaki · ΔE 37.6

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 5.52, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2A4DFF

Analogous#FF712A, #B8FF2A

Triadic#2AFFDC, #DC2AFF

Split complementary#2AB8FF, #722AFF

Tetradic#2AFF72, #2A4DFF, #FF2AB8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFEF6

Lighter +30%#FFF5C3

Lighter +20%#FFED90

Lighter +10%#FFE45D

Darker −10%#F6CE00

Darker −20%#C3A300

Darker −30%#907800

Darker −40%#5D4E00

More saturated +25%#FFDC2A

Less saturated −25%#E4CA45

Channel breakdown

R255

G220

B42

Red255 (100%)

Green220 (86.3%)

Blue42 (16.5%)

Hue50.14°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness58.24%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G DC · B 2A

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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