Colour

#FFFB1D

#FFFB1D
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Yellow

#FFFB1D is a yellow with RGB values 255, 251, 29 and HSL 59°, 100%, 56%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 19.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow.

Colour values

#FFFB1D#FFFB1D

HEX#FFFB1D

RGBrgb(255, 251, 29)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.9843, 0.1137

RGB percentages100%, 98.4%, 11.4%

HSLhsl(58.9, 100%, 55.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(58.9, 88.6%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 1.6%, 88.6%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,775,965

CSS custom property--colour: #FFFB1D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.90343WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness237.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 19.07:1

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

Contrast with black19.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#ECECEC

Inverted#0004E2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFF000no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFF739no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FFEAD6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 82.1 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 text19.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow · ΔE 4.3 Gold · ΔE 20.1 Green yellow · ΔE 34.6 Yellow green · ΔE 36.4 Goldenrod · ΔE 43.7 Khaki · ΔE 47.5

Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 4.25, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1D21FF

Analogous#FF8A1D, #92FF1D

Triadic#1DFFFB, #FB1DFF

Split complementary#1D92FF, #8A1DFF

Tetradic#1DFF8A, #1D21FF, #FF1D92

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFE9

Lighter +30%#FFFEB6

Lighter +20%#FFFD83

Lighter +10%#FFFC50

Darker −10%#E9E500

Darker −20%#B6B300

Darker −30%#838100

Darker −40%#504F00

More saturated +25%#FFFB1D

Less saturated −25%#E3E039

Channel breakdown

R255

G251

B29

Red255 (100%)

Green251 (98.4%)

Blue29 (11.4%)

Hue58.94°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness55.69%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G FB · B 1D

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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