Colour

#FFDD0A

#FFDD0A
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FFDD0A is a yellow with RGB values 255, 221, 10 and HSL 52°, 100%, 52%. 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

#FFDD0A#FFDD0A

HEX#FFDD0A

RGBrgb(255, 221, 10)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.8667, 0.0392

RGB percentages100%, 86.7%, 3.9%

HSLhsl(51.7, 100%, 52%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.7, 96.1%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 13.3%, 96.1%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,768,266

CSS custom property--colour: #FFDD0A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72995WCAG 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#0022F5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F5D800no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#FEE329no 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 75.9 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 3.3 Yellow · ΔE 20.1 Goldenrod · ΔE 28.9 Orange · ΔE 32.9 Yellow green · ΔE 40.9 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 41

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 3.32, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0A2CFF

Analogous#FF630A, #A6FF0A

Triadic#0AFFDD, #DD0AFF

Split complementary#0AA6FF, #630AFF

Tetradic#0AFF63, #0A2CFF, #FF0AA6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFF9D6

Lighter +30%#FFF2A3

Lighter +20%#FFEB70

Lighter +10%#FFE43D

Darker −10%#D6B800

Darker −20%#A38C00

Darker −30%#706000

Darker −40%#3D3500

More saturated +25%#FFDD0A

Less saturated −25%#E0C729

Channel breakdown

R255

G221

B10

Red255 (100%)

Green221 (86.7%)

Blue10 (3.9%)

Hue51.67°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness51.96%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G DD · B 0A

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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