Colour

#FFF970

#FFF970
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FFF970 is a yellow with RGB values 255, 249, 112 and HSL 57°, 100%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 19:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#FFF970#FFF970

HEX#FFF970

RGBrgb(255, 249, 112)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.9765, 0.4392

RGB percentages100%, 97.6%, 43.9%

HSLhsl(57.5, 100%, 72%)

HSV / HSBhsv(57.5, 56.1%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 2.4%, 56.1%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,775,536

CSS custom property--colour: #FFF970;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.90181WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness239.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 19.04:1

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

Contrast with black19.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#F0F0F0

Inverted#00068F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFF062no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFF677no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original

Tritanopia#FFEBDBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 58.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

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

Contrast with black, large text19.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 21.7 Gold · ΔE 27.1 Yellow · ΔE 30.1 Yellow green · ΔE 30.3 Goldenrod · ΔE 34.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 34.9

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 21.74, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7076FF

Analogous#FFB270, #BDFF70

Triadic#70FFF9, #F970FF

Split complementary#70BDFF, #B270FF

Tetradic#70FFB2, #7076FF, #FF70BD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFDD6

Lighter +10%#FFFBA3

Darker −10%#FFF73D

Darker −20%#FFF50A

Darker −30%#D6CD00

Darker −40%#A39C00

More saturated +25%#FFF970

Less saturated −25%#EDE982

Channel breakdown

R255

G249

B112

Red255 (100%)

Green249 (97.6%)

Blue112 (43.9%)

Hue57.48°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness71.96%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G F9 · B 70

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