Colour

#FFF01C

#FFF01C
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Yellow

#FFF01C is a yellow with RGB values 255, 240, 28 and HSL 56°, 100%, 55%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow.

Colour values

#FFF01C#FFF01C

HEX#FFF01C

RGBrgb(255, 240, 28)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.9412, 0.1098

RGB percentages100%, 94.1%, 11%

HSLhsl(56, 100%, 55.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(56, 89%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 5.9%, 89%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,773,148

CSS custom property--colour: #FFF01C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.83664WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness231 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.73:1

Contrast with white1.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E4E4E4

Inverted#000FE3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFE700no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFEF36no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.8 from the original

Tritanopia#FFDFCDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 79.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.18:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow · ΔE 10.1 Gold · ΔE 13.8 Yellow green · ΔE 36.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 37.7 Green yellow · ΔE 39.1 Orange · ΔE 43.4

Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 10.09, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1C2BFF

Analogous#FF7E1C, #9DFF1C

Triadic#1CFFF0, #F01CFF

Split complementary#1C9CFF, #7F1CFF

Tetradic#1CFF7F, #1C2BFF, #FF1C9C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFDE8

Lighter +30%#FFFAB5

Lighter +20%#FFF782

Lighter +10%#FFF34F

Darker −10%#E8D900

Darker −20%#B5A900

Darker −30%#827900

Darker −40%#4F4A00

More saturated +25%#FFF01C

Less saturated −25%#E3D738

Channel breakdown

R255

G240

B28

Red255 (100%)

Green240 (94.1%)

Blue28 (11%)

Hue56.04°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness55.49%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G F0 · B 1C

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