Colour

#FFF048

#FFF048
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FFF048 is a yellow with RGB values 255, 240, 72 and HSL 55°, 100%, 64%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#FFF048#FFF048

HEX#FFF048

RGBrgb(255, 240, 72)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.9412, 0.2824

RGB percentages100%, 94.1%, 28.2%

HSLhsl(55.1, 100%, 64.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(55.1, 71.8%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 5.9%, 71.8%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,773,192

CSS custom property--colour: #FFF048;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.84048WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness232 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.81:1

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

Contrast with black17.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E7E7E7

Inverted#000FB7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFE829no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFF054no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FFE0CFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 69 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 text17.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 15.6 Yellow · ΔE 19 Goldenrod · ΔE 32.4 Yellow green · ΔE 32.5 Khaki · ΔE 33.4 Green yellow · ΔE 39.9

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 15.61, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4857FF

Analogous#FF9448, #B3FF48

Triadic#48FFF0, #F048FF

Split complementary#48B3FF, #9448FF

Tetradic#48FF95, #4857FF, #FF48B3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFDE1

Lighter +20%#FFF8AE

Lighter +10%#FFF47B

Darker −10%#FFEC15

Darker −20%#E1CF00

Darker −30%#AEA000

Darker −40%#7B7100

More saturated +25%#FFF048

Less saturated −25%#E8DD5F

Channel breakdown

R255

G240

B72

Red255 (100%)

Green240 (94.1%)

Blue72 (28.2%)

Hue55.08°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness64.12%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G F0 · B 48

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