Colour

#FFF055

#FFF055
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FFF055 is a yellow with RGB values 255, 240, 85 and HSL 55°, 100%, 67%. 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

#FFF055#FFF055

HEX#FFF055

RGBrgb(255, 240, 85)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.9412, 0.3333

RGB percentages100%, 94.1%, 33.3%

HSLhsl(54.7, 100%, 66.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(54.7, 66.7%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 5.9%, 66.7%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,773,205

CSS custom property--colour: #FFF055;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.84236WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness232.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.85:1

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

Contrast with black17.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E8E8E8

Inverted#000FAA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFE83Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFF05Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FFE0D1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 65.5 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 text17.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 18.3 Yellow · ΔE 23.3 Khaki · ΔE 28.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 31.1 Yellow green · ΔE 31.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 39.8

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 18.34, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5564FF

Analogous#FF9B55, #B9FF55

Triadic#55FFF0, #F055FF

Split complementary#55B9FF, #9B55FF

Tetradic#55FF9B, #5564FF, #FF55B9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFEEE

Lighter +20%#FFF9BB

Lighter +10%#FFF488

Darker −10%#FFEB22

Darker −20%#EED900

Darker −30%#BBAA00

Darker −40%#887C00

More saturated +25%#FFF055

Less saturated −25%#EADE6A

Channel breakdown

R255

G240

B85

Red255 (100%)

Green240 (94.1%)

Blue85 (33.3%)

Hue54.71°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness66.67%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G F0 · B 55

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