Recognised as Colour

#FFDD12

#FFDD12
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FFDD12 is a yellow with RGB values 255, 221, 18 and HSL 51°, 100%, 54%. 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

#FFDD12#FFDD12

HEX#FFDD12

RGBrgb(255, 221, 18)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.8667, 0.0706

RGB percentages100%, 86.7%, 7.1%

HSLhsl(51.4, 100%, 53.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.4, 92.9%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 13.3%, 92.9%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,768,274

CSS custom property--colour: #FFDD12;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73017WCAG 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#D6D6D6

Inverted#0022ED

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F5D800no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#FEE32Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FFCBBDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 75.7 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 20.5 Goldenrod · ΔE 28.4 Orange · ΔE 32.7 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 40.5 Yellow green · ΔE 40.5

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 3.3, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1234FF

Analogous#FF6712, #ABFF12

Triadic#12FFDD, #DD12FF

Split complementary#12ABFF, #6612FF

Tetradic#12FF66, #1234FF, #FF12AB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFADE

Lighter +30%#FFF3AB

Lighter +20%#FFEC78

Lighter +10%#FFE445

Darker −10%#DEBE00

Darker −20%#AB9200

Darker −30%#786700

Darker −40%#453B00

More saturated +25%#FFDD12

Less saturated −25%#E1C830

Channel breakdown

R255

G221

B18

Red255 (100%)

Green221 (86.7%)

Blue18 (7.1%)

Hue51.39°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness53.53%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G DD · B 12

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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