Recognised as Colour

#FFDD75

#FFDD75
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FFDD75 is a yellow with RGB values 255, 221, 117 and HSL 45°, 100%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#FFDD75#FFDD75

HEX#FFDD75

RGBrgb(255, 221, 117)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.8667, 0.4588

RGB percentages100%, 86.7%, 45.9%

HSLhsl(45.2, 100%, 72.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(45.2, 54.1%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 13.3%, 54.1%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,768,373

CSS custom property--colour: #FFDD75;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74257WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness222.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.85:1

Contrast with white1.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail

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

Greyscale equivalent#DDDDDD

Inverted#00228A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F1DA6Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#F9E479no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.8 from the original

Tritanopia#FFCFC5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.32:1WCAG large text: Fail

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

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 13 Dark khaki · ΔE 23.5 Goldenrod · ΔE 24.7 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 24.8 Navajo white · ΔE 27 Burlywood · ΔE 28.5

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 12.97, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7597FF

Analogous#FF9875, #DCFF75

Triadic#75FFDD, #DD75FF

Split complementary#75DCFF, #9875FF

Tetradic#75FF98, #7597FF, #FF75DC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFF6DB

Lighter +10%#FFEAA8

Darker −10%#FFD042

Darker −20%#FFC40F

Darker −30%#DBA500

Darker −40%#A87F00

More saturated +25%#FFDD75

Less saturated −25%#EED486

Channel breakdown

R255

G221

B117

Red255 (100%)

Green221 (86.7%)

Blue117 (45.9%)

Hue45.22°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness72.94%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G DD · B 75

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