Colour

#FFED2F

#FFED2F
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FFED2F is a yellow with RGB values 255, 237, 47 and HSL 55°, 100%, 59%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#FFED2F#FFED2F

HEX#FFED2F

RGBrgb(255, 237, 47)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.9294, 0.1843

RGB percentages100%, 92.9%, 18.4%

HSLhsl(54.8, 100%, 59.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(54.8, 81.6%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 7.1%, 81.6%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,772,399

CSS custom property--colour: #FFED2F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.82034WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness229.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.41:1

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

Contrast with black17.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E3E3E3

Inverted#0012D0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFE500no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFEE41no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original

Tritanopia#FFDCCBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 75 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 text17.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 12 Yellow · ΔE 14.4 Goldenrod · ΔE 33.9 Yellow green · ΔE 35.3 Khaki · ΔE 39.8 Green yellow · ΔE 40.4

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 12, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2F41FF

Analogous#FF852F, #A9FF2F

Triadic#2FFFED, #ED2FFF

Split complementary#2FA9FF, #852FFF

Tetradic#2FFF85, #2F41FF, #FF2FA9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFB

Lighter +30%#FFFAC8

Lighter +20%#FFF695

Lighter +10%#FFF162

Darker −10%#FBE500

Darker −20%#C8B700

Darker −30%#958800

Darker −40%#625A00

More saturated +25%#FFED2F

Less saturated −25%#E5D849

Channel breakdown

R255

G237

B47

Red255 (100%)

Green237 (92.9%)

Blue47 (18.4%)

Hue54.81°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness59.22%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G ED · B 2F

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