Recognised as Colour
#FFDD24
- #FFDD24
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Gold
#FFDD24 is a yellow with RGB values 255, 221, 36 and HSL 51°, 100%, 57%. 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
#FFDD24#FFDD24
HEX#FFDD24
RGBrgb(255, 221, 36)
RGB (0–1)1, 0.8667, 0.1412
RGB percentages100%, 86.7%, 14.1%
HSLhsl(50.7, 100%, 57.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(50.7, 85.9%, 100%)
CMYK0%, 13.3%, 85.9%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,768,292
CSS custom property--colour: #FFDD24;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.731WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness219.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.62:1
Contrast with white1.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.62:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7
Inverted#0022DB
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.34:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.62:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#2446FF
Analogous#FF6F24, #B3FF24
Triadic#24FFDD, #DD24FF
Split complementary#24B3FF, #7024FF
Tetradic#24FF70, #2446FF, #FF24B3
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R255
G221
B36
Red255 (100%)
Green221 (86.7%)
Blue36 (14.1%)
Hue50.68°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness57.06%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FF · G DD · B 24
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