Recognised as Colour

#FFED1D

#FFED1D
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Yellow

#FFED1D is a yellow with RGB values 255, 237, 29 and HSL 55°, 100%, 56%. 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

#FFED1D#FFED1D

HEX#FFED1D

RGBrgb(255, 237, 29)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.9294, 0.1137

RGB percentages100%, 92.9%, 11.4%

HSLhsl(55.2, 100%, 55.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(55.2, 88.6%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 7.1%, 88.6%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,772,381

CSS custom property--colour: #FFED1D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.81917WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness229.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.38:1

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

Contrast with black17.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E2E2E2

Inverted#0012E2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

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

Deuteranopia#FFED36no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.4 from the original

Tritanopia#FFDBCBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 79 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 text17.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow · ΔE 11.9 Gold · ΔE 12.1 Goldenrod · ΔE 36 Yellow green · ΔE 37 Green yellow · ΔE 40.4 Orange · ΔE 41.6

Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 11.9, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1D2FFF

Analogous#FF7C1D, #A0FF1D

Triadic#1DFFED, #ED1DFF

Split complementary#1DA0FF, #7C1DFF

Tetradic#1DFF7C, #1D2FFF, #FF1DA0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFDE9

Lighter +30%#FFF9B6

Lighter +20%#FFF583

Lighter +10%#FFF150

Darker −10%#E9D600

Darker −20%#B6A800

Darker −30%#837900

Darker −40%#504A00

More saturated +25%#FFED1D

Less saturated −25%#E3D539

Channel breakdown

R255

G237

B29

Red255 (100%)

Green237 (92.9%)

Blue29 (11.4%)

Hue55.22°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness55.69%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G ED · B 1D

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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