Recognised as Colour

#FFDE25

#FFDE25
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FFDE25 is a yellow with RGB values 255, 222, 37 and HSL 51°, 100%, 57%. 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

#FFDE25#FFDE25

HEX#FFDE25

RGBrgb(255, 222, 37)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.8706, 0.1451

RGB percentages100%, 87.1%, 14.5%

HSLhsl(50.9, 100%, 57.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.9, 85.5%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 12.9%, 85.5%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,768,549

CSS custom property--colour: #FFDE25;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73636WCAG 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 15.73:1

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

Contrast with black15.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8

Inverted#0021DA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F6D900no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original

Deuteranopia#FEE436no 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 73 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 text15.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 5 Yellow · ΔE 21.5 Goldenrod · ΔE 27 Orange · ΔE 32.4 Khaki · ΔE 38.9 Yellow green · ΔE 39.1

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 4.97, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2546FF

Analogous#FF7125, #B3FF25

Triadic#25FFDE, #DE25FF

Split complementary#25B3FF, #7125FF

Tetradic#25FF71, #2546FF, #FF25B3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFDF1

Lighter +30%#FFF5BE

Lighter +20%#FFED8B

Lighter +10%#FFE658

Darker −10%#F1CD00

Darker −20%#BEA100

Darker −30%#8B7600

Darker −40%#584B00

More saturated +25%#FFDE25

Less saturated −25%#E4CB40

Channel breakdown

R255

G222

B37

Red255 (100%)

Green222 (87.1%)

Blue37 (14.5%)

Hue50.92°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness57.25%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G DE · B 25

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Colour values

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Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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