Recognised as Colour

#FFF027

#FFF027
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Yellow

#FFF027 is a yellow with RGB values 255, 240, 39 and HSL 56°, 100%, 58%. 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

#FFF027#FFF027

HEX#FFF027

RGBrgb(255, 240, 39)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.9412, 0.1529

RGB percentages100%, 94.1%, 15.3%

HSLhsl(55.8, 100%, 57.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(55.8, 84.7%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 5.9%, 84.7%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,773,159

CSS custom property--colour: #FFF027;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.83727WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness231.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.75:1

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

Contrast with black17.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E5E5E5

Inverted#000FD8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFE700no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFEF3Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FFDFCDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 77.4 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 text17.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow · ΔE 11.4 Gold · ΔE 13.5 Yellow green · ΔE 35.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 36.6 Green yellow · ΔE 39 Khaki · ΔE 42.4

Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 11.41, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2736FF

Analogous#FF8427, #A2FF27

Triadic#27FFF0, #F027FF

Split complementary#27A2FF, #8427FF

Tetradic#27FF84, #2736FF, #FF27A2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFEF3

Lighter +30%#FFFBC0

Lighter +20%#FFF78D

Lighter +10%#FFF45A

Darker −10%#F3E200

Darker −20%#C0B300

Darker −30%#8D8300

Darker −40%#5A5400

More saturated +25%#FFF027

Less saturated −25%#E4D942

Channel breakdown

R255

G240

B39

Red255 (100%)

Green240 (94.1%)

Blue39 (15.3%)

Hue55.83°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness57.65%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G F0 · B 27

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