Recognised as Colour

#FFDE17

#FFDE17
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FFDE17 is a yellow with RGB values 255, 222, 23 and HSL 51°, 100%, 55%. 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

#FFDE17#FFDE17

HEX#FFDE17

RGBrgb(255, 222, 23)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.8706, 0.0902

RGB percentages100%, 87.1%, 9%

HSLhsl(51.5, 100%, 54.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.5, 91%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 12.9%, 91%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,768,535

CSS custom property--colour: #FFDE17;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73564WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness220.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.71:1

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

Contrast with black15.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7

Inverted#0021E8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F6D800no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#FEE32Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FFCCBEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 75.4 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 text15.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 3.9 Yellow · ΔE 20.2 Goldenrod · ΔE 28.5 Orange · ΔE 33.1 Yellow green · ΔE 40 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 40.6

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 3.89, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1738FF

Analogous#FF6A17, #ACFF17

Triadic#17FFDE, #DE17FF

Split complementary#17ACFF, #6A17FF

Tetradic#17FF6A, #1738FF, #FF17AC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFBE3

Lighter +30%#FFF4B0

Lighter +20%#FFED7D

Lighter +10%#FFE54A

Darker −10%#E3C300

Darker −20%#B09700

Darker −30%#7D6B00

Darker −40%#4A3F00

More saturated +25%#FFDE17

Less saturated −25%#E2C934

Channel breakdown

R255

G222

B23

Red255 (100%)

Green222 (87.1%)

Blue23 (9%)

Hue51.47°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness54.51%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G DE · B 17

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Channel breakdown

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