Colour

#FFF05E

#FFF05E
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FFF05E is a yellow with RGB values 255, 240, 94 and HSL 54°, 100%, 68%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#FFF05E#FFF05E

HEX#FFF05E

RGBrgb(255, 240, 94)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.9412, 0.3686

RGB percentages100%, 94.1%, 36.9%

HSLhsl(54.4, 100%, 68.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(54.4, 63.1%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 5.9%, 63.1%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,773,214

CSS custom property--colour: #FFF05E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.84388WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness232.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.88:1

Contrast with white1.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E9E9E9

Inverted#000FA1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFE84Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFF066no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FFE1D2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 62.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.17:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 20.8 Khaki · ΔE 25.3 Yellow · ΔE 26.7 Goldenrod · ΔE 30.5 Yellow green · ΔE 31.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 36.9

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 20.83, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5E6DFF

Analogous#FFA05E, #BDFF5E

Triadic#5EFFF0, #F05EFF

Split complementary#5EBDFF, #A05EFF

Tetradic#5EFFA0, #5E6DFF, #FF5EBD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFEF7

Lighter +20%#FFFAC4

Lighter +10%#FFF591

Darker −10%#FFEB2B

Darker −20%#F7E000

Darker −30%#C4B200

Darker −40%#918300

More saturated +25%#FFF05E

Less saturated −25%#EBE072

Channel breakdown

R255

G240

B94

Red255 (100%)

Green240 (94.1%)

Blue94 (36.9%)

Hue54.41°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness68.43%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G F0 · B 5E

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Colour values

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