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Recognised as Colour

#FFFA37

  • #FFFA37
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Yellow

#FFFA37 is a yellow with RGB values 255, 250, 55 and HSL 59°, 100%, 61%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 19:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow.

Colour values

#FFFA37#FFFA37
HEX#FFFA37
RGBrgb(255, 250, 55)
RGB (0–1)1, 0.9804, 0.2157
RGB percentages100%, 98%, 21.6%
HSLhsl(58.5, 100%, 60.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(58.5, 78.4%, 100%)
CMYK0%, 2%, 78.4%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,775,735
CSS custom property--colour: #FFFA37;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.89907WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness237.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.98:1
Contrast with white1.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black18.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#EDEDED
Inverted#0005C8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FFF000no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#FFF649no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.9 from the original
Tritanopia#FFE9D7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 77.5 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 text18.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow · ΔE 9.7Gold · ΔE 18.7Yellow green · ΔE 33.5Green yellow · ΔE 34.6Goldenrod · ΔE 40.3Khaki · ΔE 41.9
Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 9.7, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#373CFF
Analogous#FF9637, #A0FF37
Triadic#37FFFA, #FA37FF
Split complementary#37A0FF, #9637FF
Tetradic#37FF96, #373CFF, #FF37A0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFED0
Lighter +20%#FFFD9D
Lighter +10%#FFFB6A
Darker −10%#FFF904
Darker −20%#D0CB00
Darker −30%#9D9900
Darker −40%#6A6700
More saturated +25%#FFFA37
Less saturated −25%#E6E250

Channel breakdown

R255
G250
B55
Red255 (100%)
Green250 (98%)
Blue55 (21.6%)
Hue58.5°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness60.78%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FF · G FA · B 37

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