Colour

#FFF23B

#FFF23B
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Yellow

#FFF23B is a yellow with RGB values 255, 242, 59 and HSL 56°, 100%, 62%. 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

#FFF23B#FFF23B

HEX#FFF23B

RGBrgb(255, 242, 59)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.949, 0.2314

RGB percentages100%, 94.9%, 23.1%

HSLhsl(56, 100%, 61.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(56, 76.9%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 5.1%, 76.9%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,773,691

CSS custom property--colour: #FFF23B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.8508WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness232.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.02:1

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

Contrast with black18.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E8E8E8

Inverted#000DC4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFE900no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFF14Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original

Tritanopia#FFE1D0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 73.8 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 text18.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow · ΔE 14.4 Gold · ΔE 14.9 Yellow green · ΔE 33.5 Goldenrod · ΔE 35.2 Khaki · ΔE 38.1 Green yellow · ΔE 38.3

Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 14.38, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3B48FF

Analogous#FF903B, #AAFF3B

Triadic#3BFFF2, #F23BFF

Split complementary#3BAAFF, #903BFF

Tetradic#3BFF90, #3B48FF, #FF3BAA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFCD4

Lighter +20%#FFF9A1

Lighter +10%#FFF56E

Darker −10%#FFEF08

Darker −20%#D4C600

Darker −30%#A19600

Darker −40%#6E6700

More saturated +25%#FFF23B

Less saturated −25%#E7DD54

Channel breakdown

R255

G242

B59

Red255 (100%)

Green242 (94.9%)

Blue59 (23.1%)

Hue56.02°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness61.57%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G F2 · B 3B

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