Colour

#FFDE70

#FFDE70
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FFDE70 is a yellow with RGB values 255, 222, 112 and HSL 46°, 100%, 72%. 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

#FFDE70#FFDE70

HEX#FFDE70

RGBrgb(255, 222, 112)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.8706, 0.4392

RGB percentages100%, 87.1%, 43.9%

HSLhsl(46.2, 100%, 72%)

HSV / HSBhsv(46.2, 56.1%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 12.9%, 56.1%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,768,624

CSS custom property--colour: #FFDE70;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74672WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness223.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.93:1

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

Contrast with black15.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DDDDDD

Inverted#00218F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F2DB65no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#FAE475no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FFCFC5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49 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 text15.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 14.5 Goldenrod · ΔE 23.9 Dark khaki · ΔE 25.1 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 27.1 Navajo white · ΔE 29.7 Gold · ΔE 29.9

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 14.49, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7091FF

Analogous#FF9670, #D8FF70

Triadic#70FFDE, #DE70FF

Split complementary#70D8FF, #9770FF

Tetradic#70FF97, #7091FF, #FF70D8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFF6D6

Lighter +10%#FFEAA3

Darker −10%#FFD23D

Darker −20%#FFC60A

Darker −30%#D6A500

Darker −40%#A37D00

More saturated +25%#FFDE70

Less saturated −25%#EDD482

Channel breakdown

R255

G222

B112

Red255 (100%)

Green222 (87.1%)

Blue112 (43.9%)

Hue46.15°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness71.96%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G DE · B 70

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