Colour

#FFDC73

#FFDC73
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FFDC73 is a yellow with RGB values 255, 220, 115 and HSL 45°, 100%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#FFDC73#FFDC73

HEX#FFDC73

RGBrgb(255, 220, 115)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.8627, 0.451

RGB percentages100%, 86.3%, 45.1%

HSLhsl(45, 100%, 72.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(45, 54.9%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 13.7%, 54.9%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,768,115

CSS custom property--colour: #FFDC73;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73684WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness222.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.74:1

Contrast with white1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DCDCDC

Inverted#00238C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F0D969no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6 from the original

Deuteranopia#F9E377no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.8 from the original

Tritanopia#FFCDC4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.33:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 13.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 23.9 Goldenrod · ΔE 24 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 25.5 Navajo white · ΔE 27.5 Burlywood · ΔE 28.9

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 13.7, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7396FF

Analogous#FF9673, #DCFF73

Triadic#73FFDC, #DC73FF

Split complementary#73DCFF, #9673FF

Tetradic#73FF96, #7396FF, #FF73DC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFF5D9

Lighter +10%#FFE9A6

Darker −10%#FFCF40

Darker −20%#FFC30D

Darker −30%#D9A300

Darker −40%#A67C00

More saturated +25%#FFDC73

Less saturated −25%#EED384

Channel breakdown

R255

G220

B115

Red255 (100%)

Green220 (86.3%)

Blue115 (45.1%)

Hue45°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness72.55%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G DC · B 73

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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