Recognised as Colour

#FFF22D

#FFF22D
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Yellow

#FFF22D is a yellow with RGB values 255, 242, 45 and HSL 56°, 100%, 59%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow.

Colour values

#FFF22D#FFF22D

HEX#FFF22D

RGBrgb(255, 242, 45)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.949, 0.1765

RGB percentages100%, 94.9%, 17.6%

HSLhsl(56.3, 100%, 58.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(56.3, 82.4%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 5.1%, 82.4%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,773,677

CSS custom property--colour: #FFF22D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.84954WCAG 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 17.99:1

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

Contrast with black17.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E7E7E7

Inverted#000DD2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFE900no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFF140no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.4 from the original

Tritanopia#FFE1CFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 76.8 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 text17.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow · ΔE 11.3 Gold · ΔE 14.6 Yellow green · ΔE 35 Goldenrod · ΔE 37 Green yellow · ΔE 38.1 Khaki · ΔE 41.7

Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 11.32, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2D3AFF

Analogous#FF892D, #A3FF2D

Triadic#2DFFF2, #F22DFF

Split complementary#2DA3FF, #892DFF

Tetradic#2DFF89, #2D3AFF, #FF2DA3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFF9

Lighter +30%#FFFBC6

Lighter +20%#FFF893

Lighter +10%#FFF560

Darker −10%#F9EA00

Darker −20%#C6BA00

Darker −30%#938A00

Darker −40%#605A00

More saturated +25%#FFF22D

Less saturated −25%#E5DB47

Channel breakdown

R255

G242

B45

Red255 (100%)

Green242 (94.9%)

Blue45 (17.6%)

Hue56.29°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness58.82%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G F2 · B 2D

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