Colour

#FFF959

#FFF959
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Yellow

#FFF959 is a yellow with RGB values 255, 249, 89 and HSL 58°, 100%, 67%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow.

Colour values

#FFF959#FFF959

HEX#FFF959

RGBrgb(255, 249, 89)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.9765, 0.349

RGB percentages100%, 97.6%, 34.9%

HSLhsl(57.8, 100%, 67.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(57.8, 65.1%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 2.4%, 65.1%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,775,513

CSS custom property--colour: #FFF959;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.89733WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness238.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.95:1

Contrast with white1.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black18.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#EFEFEF

Inverted#0006A6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFF043no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFF663no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original

Tritanopia#FFE9D8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 66.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.11:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text18.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow · ΔE 20.9 Gold · ΔE 21.3 Yellow green · ΔE 30.1 Khaki · ΔE 30.7 Goldenrod · ΔE 35.7 Green yellow · ΔE 37.2

Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 20.9, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#595FFF

Analogous#FFA659, #B2FF59

Triadic#59FFF9, #F959FF

Split complementary#59B2FF, #A659FF

Tetradic#59FFA6, #595FFF, #FF59B2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFF2

Lighter +20%#FFFDBF

Lighter +10%#FFFB8C

Darker −10%#FFF726

Darker −20%#F2E900

Darker −30%#BFB800

Darker −40%#8C8700

More saturated +25%#FFF959

Less saturated −25%#EAE66E

Channel breakdown

R255

G249

B89

Red255 (100%)

Green249 (97.6%)

Blue89 (34.9%)

Hue57.83°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness67.45%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G F9 · B 59

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