Colour

#FFFF4A

#FFFF4A
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Yellow

#FFFF4A is a yellow with RGB values 255, 255, 74 and HSL 60°, 100%, 65%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 19.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow.

Colour values

#FFFF4A#FFFF4A

HEX#FFFF4A

RGBrgb(255, 255, 74)

RGB (0–1)1, 1, 0.2902

RGB percentages100%, 100%, 29%

HSLhsl(60, 100%, 64.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(60, 71%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 0%, 71%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,777,034

CSS custom property--colour: #FFFF4A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.93274WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness241.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 19.65:1

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

Contrast with black19.65:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#F2F2F2

Inverted#0000B5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFF427no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFFA58no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7 from the original

Tritanopia#FFEFDCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 73.4 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 text19.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow · ΔE 13.5 Gold · ΔE 21.7 Yellow green · ΔE 31.1 Green yellow · ΔE 33 Khaki · ΔE 38.3 Goldenrod · ΔE 40.8

Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 13.53, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4A4AFF

Analogous#FFA54A, #A5FF4A

Triadic#4AFFFF, #FF4AFF

Split complementary#4AA5FF, #A54AFF

Tetradic#4AFFA5, #4A4AFF, #FF4AA5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFE3

Lighter +20%#FFFFB0

Lighter +10%#FFFF7D

Darker −10%#FFFF17

Darker −20%#E3E300

Darker −30%#B0B000

Darker −40%#7D7D00

More saturated +25%#FFFF4A

Less saturated −25%#E8E861

Channel breakdown

R255

G255

B74

Red255 (100%)

Green255 (100%)

Blue74 (29%)

Hue60°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness64.51%

Dominant channelRed and Green

Hex per channelR FF · G FF · B 4A

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