Colour

#FFFD74

#FFFD74
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FFFD74 is a yellow with RGB values 255, 253, 116 and HSL 59°, 100%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 19.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#FFFD74#FFFD74

HEX#FFFD74

RGBrgb(255, 253, 116)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.9922, 0.4549

RGB percentages100%, 99.2%, 45.5%

HSLhsl(59.1, 100%, 72.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(59.1, 54.5%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 0.8%, 54.5%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,776,564

CSS custom property--colour: #FFFD74;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.92772WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness242 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 19.55:1

Contrast with white1.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black19.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#F4F4F4

Inverted#00028B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFF466no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFF97Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original

Tritanopia#FFEFDFno 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 text1.07:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text19.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 22.1 Gold · ΔE 28.7 Yellow green · ΔE 29.8 Yellow · ΔE 30.3 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 35.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 35.5

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 22.06, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7476FF

Analogous#FFB774, #BBFF74

Triadic#74FFFD, #FD74FF

Split complementary#74BBFF, #B874FF

Tetradic#74FFB8, #7476FF, #FF74BB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFEDA

Lighter +10%#FFFEA7

Darker −10%#FFFC41

Darker −20%#FFFC0E

Darker −30%#DAD700

Darker −40%#A7A500

More saturated +25%#FFFD74

Less saturated −25%#EEEC85

Channel breakdown

R255

G253

B116

Red255 (100%)

Green253 (99.2%)

Blue116 (45.5%)

Hue59.14°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness72.75%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G FD · B 74

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