Colour

#FFFF59

#FFFF59
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Yellow

#FFFF59 is a yellow with RGB values 255, 255, 89 and HSL 60°, 100%, 67%. 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

#FFFF59#FFFF59

HEX#FFFF59

RGBrgb(255, 255, 89)

RGB (0–1)1, 1, 0.349

RGB percentages100%, 100%, 34.9%

HSLhsl(60, 100%, 67.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(60, 65.1%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 0%, 65.1%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,777,049

CSS custom property--colour: #FFFF59;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.93501WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness241.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 19.7:1

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

Contrast with black19.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#F3F3F3

Inverted#0000A6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFF541no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFFA64no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.4 from the original

Tritanopia#FFEFDDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 68.8 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 text19.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow · ΔE 18.8 Gold · ΔE 23.1 Yellow green · ΔE 29.6 Khaki · ΔE 33.3 Green yellow · ΔE 34.3 Goldenrod · ΔE 39.1

Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 18.76, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5959FF

Analogous#FFAC59, #ACFF59

Triadic#59FFFF, #FF59FF

Split complementary#59ACFF, #AC59FF

Tetradic#59FFAC, #5959FF, #FF59AC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFF2

Lighter +20%#FFFFBF

Lighter +10%#FFFF8C

Darker −10%#FFFF26

Darker −20%#F2F200

Darker −30%#BFBF00

Darker −40%#8C8C00

More saturated +25%#FFFF59

Less saturated −25%#EAEA6E

Channel breakdown

R255

G255

B89

Red255 (100%)

Green255 (100%)

Blue89 (34.9%)

Hue60°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness67.45%

Dominant channelRed and Green

Hex per channelR FF · G FF · B 59

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