Recognised as Colour
#FFDD3E
- #FFDD3E
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Gold
#FFDD3E is a yellow with RGB values 255, 221, 62 and HSL 49°, 100%, 62%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.
Colour values
#FFDD3E#FFDD3E
HEX#FFDD3E
RGBrgb(255, 221, 62)
RGB (0–1)1, 0.8667, 0.2431
RGB percentages100%, 86.7%, 24.3%
HSLhsl(49.4, 100%, 62.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49.4, 75.7%, 100%)
CMYK0%, 13.3%, 75.7%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,768,318
CSS custom property--colour: #FFDD3E;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.73321WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness220.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.66:1
Contrast with white1.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.66:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9
Inverted#0022C1
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 text15.66:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#3E60FF
Analogous#FF7C3E, #C1FF3E
Triadic#3EFFDD, #DD3EFF
Split complementary#3EC1FF, #7C3EFF
Tetradic#3EFF7C, #3E60FF, #FF3EC1
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R255
G221
B62
Red255 (100%)
Green221 (86.7%)
Blue62 (24.3%)
Hue49.43°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness62.16%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FF · G DD · B 3E
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