Recognised as Colour

#FFDE2B

#FFDE2B
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FFDE2B is a yellow with RGB values 255, 222, 43 and HSL 51°, 100%, 58%. 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

#FFDE2B#FFDE2B

HEX#FFDE2B

RGBrgb(255, 222, 43)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.8706, 0.1686

RGB percentages100%, 87.1%, 16.9%

HSLhsl(50.7, 100%, 58.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.7, 83.1%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 12.9%, 83.1%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,768,555

CSS custom property--colour: #FFDE2B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73677WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness220.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.74:1

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

Contrast with black15.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8

Inverted#0021D4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F5D900no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#FEE43Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original

Tritanopia#FFCCBEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 71.6 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 text15.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 5.9 Yellow · ΔE 22.3 Goldenrod · ΔE 26.2 Orange · ΔE 32.1 Khaki · ΔE 37.6 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 38.4

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 5.92, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2B4CFF

Analogous#FF742B, #B6FF2B

Triadic#2BFFDE, #DE2BFF

Split complementary#2BB6FF, #742BFF

Tetradic#2BFF74, #2B4CFF, #FF2BB6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFEF7

Lighter +30%#FFF6C4

Lighter +20%#FFEE91

Lighter +10%#FFE65E

Darker −10%#F7D100

Darker −20%#C4A500

Darker −30%#917A00

Darker −40%#5E4F00

More saturated +25%#FFDE2B

Less saturated −25%#E5CC46

Channel breakdown

R255

G222

B43

Red255 (100%)

Green222 (87.1%)

Blue43 (16.9%)

Hue50.66°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness58.43%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G DE · B 2B

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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