Recognised as Colour

#FFDF05

#FFDF05
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FFDF05 is a yellow with RGB values 255, 223, 5 and HSL 52°, 100%, 51%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#FFDF05#FFDF05

HEX#FFDF05

RGBrgb(255, 223, 5)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.8745, 0.0196

RGB percentages100%, 87.5%, 2%

HSLhsl(52.3, 100%, 51%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.3, 98%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 12.5%, 98%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,768,773

CSS custom property--colour: #FFDF05;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74046WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness220.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.81:1

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

Contrast with black15.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D6D6D6

Inverted#0020FA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F7D900no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFE428no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original

Tritanopia#FFCDBEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 77.1 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 text15.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 4.6 Yellow · ΔE 18.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 30.2 Orange · ΔE 34.2 Yellow green · ΔE 40.6 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 42.2

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 4.58, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0525FF

Analogous#FF6205, #A2FF05

Triadic#05FFDF, #DF05FF

Split complementary#05A2FF, #6205FF

Tetradic#05FF62, #0525FF, #FF05A2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFF9D1

Lighter +30%#FFF39E

Lighter +20%#FFEC6B

Lighter +10%#FFE638

Darker −10%#D1B600

Darker −20%#9E8A00

Darker −30%#6B5D00

Darker −40%#383100

More saturated +25%#FFDF05

Less saturated −25%#E0C824

Channel breakdown

R255

G223

Red255 (100%)

Green223 (87.5%)

Blue5 (2%)

Hue52.32°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness50.98%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G DF · B 05

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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