Colour

#FFFA40

#FFFA40
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Yellow

#FFFA40 is a yellow with RGB values 255, 250, 64 and HSL 58°, 100%, 63%. 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

#FFFA40#FFFA40

HEX#FFFA40

RGBrgb(255, 250, 64)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.9804, 0.251

RGB percentages100%, 98%, 25.1%

HSLhsl(58.4, 100%, 62.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(58.4, 74.9%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 2%, 74.9%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,775,744

CSS custom property--colour: #FFFA40;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.90001WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness237.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 19:1

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

Contrast with black19:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#EEEEEE

Inverted#0005BF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFF00Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFF64Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.4 from the original

Tritanopia#FFEAD7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 74.5 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 text19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow · ΔE 12.2 Gold · ΔE 18.9 Yellow green · ΔE 32.4 Green yellow · ΔE 34.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 39.2 Khaki · ΔE 39.4

Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 12.15, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4045FF

Analogous#FF9A40, #A5FF40

Triadic#40FFFA, #FA40FF

Split complementary#40A5FF, #9B40FF

Tetradic#40FF9A, #4045FF, #FF40A4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFED9

Lighter +20%#FFFDA6

Lighter +10%#FFFB73

Darker −10%#FFF90D

Darker −20%#D9D300

Darker −30%#A6A200

Darker −40%#737000

More saturated +25%#FFFA40

Less saturated −25%#E7E358

Channel breakdown

R255

G250

B64

Red255 (100%)

Green250 (98%)

Blue64 (25.1%)

Hue58.43°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness62.55%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G FA · B 40

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