Recognised as Colour

#FFED0B

#FFED0B
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Yellow

#FFED0B is a yellow with RGB values 255, 237, 11 and HSL 56°, 100%, 52%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow.

Colour values

#FFED0B#FFED0B

HEX#FFED0B

RGBrgb(255, 237, 11)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.9294, 0.0431

RGB percentages100%, 92.9%, 4.3%

HSLhsl(55.6, 100%, 52.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(55.6, 95.7%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 7.1%, 95.7%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,772,363

CSS custom property--colour: #FFED0B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.81853WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness229 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.37:1

Contrast with white1.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E1E1E1

Inverted#0012F4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFE500no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFED2Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FFDBCAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 80.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.21:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow · ΔE 10.8 Gold · ΔE 12.6 Goldenrod · ΔE 37.3 Yellow green · ΔE 38.1 Green yellow · ΔE 40.6 Orange · ΔE 42.3

Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 10.75, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0B1DFF

Analogous#FF730B, #97FF0B

Triadic#0BFFED, #ED0BFF

Split complementary#0B97FF, #730BFF

Tetradic#0BFF73, #0B1DFF, #FF0B97

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFCD7

Lighter +30%#FFF8A4

Lighter +20%#FFF571

Lighter +10%#FFF13E

Darker −10%#D7C700

Darker −20%#A49800

Darker −30%#716900

Darker −40%#3E3900

More saturated +25%#FFED0B

Less saturated −25%#E1D329

Channel breakdown

R255

G237

B11

Red255 (100%)

Green237 (92.9%)

Blue11 (4.3%)

Hue55.57°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness52.16%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G ED · B 0B

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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