Colour

#FFDD05

#FFDD05
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FFDD05 is a yellow with RGB values 255, 221, 5 and HSL 52°, 100%, 51%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#FFDD05#FFDD05

HEX#FFDD05

RGBrgb(255, 221, 5)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.8667, 0.0196

RGB percentages100%, 86.7%, 2%

HSLhsl(51.8, 100%, 51%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.8, 98%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 13.3%, 98%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,768,261

CSS custom property--colour: #FFDD05;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72984WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness219.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.6:1

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

Contrast with black15.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D5D5D5

Inverted#0022FA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F5D800no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#FEE327no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FFCBBCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 76.3 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 text15.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 3.4 Yellow · ΔE 19.9 Goldenrod · ΔE 29.2 Orange · ΔE 33.1 Yellow green · ΔE 41.1 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 41.2

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 3.41, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0527FF

Analogous#FF6005, #A4FF05

Triadic#05FFDD, #DD05FF

Split complementary#05A4FF, #6005FF

Tetradic#05FF60, #0527FF, #FF05A4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFF9D1

Lighter +30%#FFF29E

Lighter +20%#FFEB6B

Lighter +10%#FFE438

Darker −10%#D1B500

Darker −20%#9E8900

Darker −30%#6B5C00

Darker −40%#383000

More saturated +25%#FFDD05

Less saturated −25%#E0C624

Channel breakdown

R255

G221

Red255 (100%)

Green221 (86.7%)

Blue5 (2%)

Hue51.84°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness50.98%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G DD · B 05

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