Colour

#FFDE04

#FFDE04
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FFDE04 is a yellow with RGB values 255, 222, 4 and HSL 52°, 100%, 51%. 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

#FFDE04#FFDE04

HEX#FFDE04

RGBrgb(255, 222, 4)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.8706, 0.0157

RGB percentages100%, 87.1%, 1.6%

HSLhsl(52.1, 100%, 50.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.1, 98.4%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 12.9%, 98.4%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,768,516

CSS custom property--colour: #FFDE04;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73511WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness219.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.7:1

Contrast with white1.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D5D5D5

Inverted#0021FB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F6D800no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFE327no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FFCCBDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 76.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.34:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 4 Yellow · ΔE 19.3 Goldenrod · ΔE 29.8 Orange · ΔE 33.7 Yellow green · ΔE 40.9 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 41.8

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 4.02, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0425FF

Analogous#FF6104, #A2FF04

Triadic#04FFDE, #DE04FF

Split complementary#04A2FF, #6104FF

Tetradic#04FF61, #0425FF, #FF04A2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFF9D0

Lighter +30%#FFF29D

Lighter +20%#FFEB6A

Lighter +10%#FFE537

Darker −10%#D0B500

Darker −20%#9D8800

Darker −30%#6A5C00

Darker −40%#373000

More saturated +25%#FFDE04

Less saturated −25%#E0C723

Channel breakdown

R255

G222

Red255 (100%)

Green222 (87.1%)

Blue4 (1.6%)

Hue52.11°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness50.78%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G DE · B 04

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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