Recognised as Colour

#FFF04A

#FFF04A
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FFF04A is a yellow with RGB values 255, 240, 74 and HSL 55°, 100%, 65%. 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

#FFF04A#FFF04A

HEX#FFF04A

RGBrgb(255, 240, 74)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.9412, 0.2902

RGB percentages100%, 94.1%, 29%

HSLhsl(55, 100%, 64.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(55, 71%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 5.9%, 71%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,773,194

CSS custom property--colour: #FFF04A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.84075WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness232.1 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#000FB5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFE82Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFF055no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original

Tritanopia#FFE0D0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 68.9 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 16 Yellow · ΔE 19.6 Goldenrod · ΔE 32.2 Yellow green · ΔE 32.3 Khaki · ΔE 32.7 Green yellow · ΔE 40.1

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 15.96, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4A59FF

Analogous#FF954A, #B4FF4A

Triadic#4AFFF0, #F04AFF

Split complementary#4AB4FF, #954AFF

Tetradic#4AFF95, #4A59FF, #FF4AB4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFDE3

Lighter +20%#FFF8B0

Lighter +10%#FFF47D

Darker −10%#FFEC17

Darker −20%#E3D000

Darker −30%#B0A100

Darker −40%#7D7300

More saturated +25%#FFF04A

Less saturated −25%#E8DD61

Channel breakdown

R255

G240

B74

Red255 (100%)

Green240 (94.1%)

Blue74 (29%)

Hue55.03°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness64.51%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G F0 · B 4A

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