Colour

#FFDD74

#FFDD74
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FFDD74 is a yellow with RGB values 255, 221, 116 and HSL 45°, 100%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#FFDD74#FFDD74

HEX#FFDD74

RGBrgb(255, 221, 116)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.8667, 0.4549

RGB percentages100%, 86.7%, 45.5%

HSLhsl(45.3, 100%, 72.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(45.3, 54.5%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 13.3%, 54.5%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,768,372

CSS custom property--colour: #FFDD74;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74234WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness222.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.85:1

Contrast with white1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DDDDDD

Inverted#00228B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F1DA6Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#F9E478no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.8 from the original

Tritanopia#FFCEC5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.33:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 13.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 23.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 24.5 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 25.2 Navajo white · ΔE 27.5 Burlywood · ΔE 29

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 13.27, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7496FF

Analogous#FF9774, #DBFF74

Triadic#74FFDD, #DD74FF

Split complementary#74DBFF, #9874FF

Tetradic#74FF97, #7496FF, #FF74DB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFF6DA

Lighter +10%#FFE9A7

Darker −10%#FFD141

Darker −20%#FFC40E

Darker −30%#DAA500

Darker −40%#A77E00

More saturated +25%#FFDD74

Less saturated −25%#EED485

Channel breakdown

R255

G221

B116

Red255 (100%)

Green221 (86.7%)

Blue116 (45.5%)

Hue45.32°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness72.75%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G DD · B 74

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