Colour

#FFFF68

#FFFF68
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Yellow

#FFFF68 is a yellow with RGB values 255, 255, 104 and HSL 60°, 100%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 19.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow.

Colour values

#FFFF68#FFFF68

HEX#FFFF68

RGBrgb(255, 255, 104)

RGB (0–1)1, 1, 0.4078

RGB percentages100%, 100%, 40.8%

HSLhsl(60, 100%, 70.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(60, 59.2%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 0%, 59.2%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,777,064

CSS custom property--colour: #FFFF68;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.93779WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness242.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 19.76:1

Contrast with white1.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black19.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#F4F4F4

Inverted#000097

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFF556no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFFA71no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original

Tritanopia#FFF0DFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 63.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.06:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text19.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow · ΔE 24.6 Gold · ΔE 25.9 Khaki · ΔE 27.7 Yellow green · ΔE 29 Green yellow · ΔE 36.6 Goldenrod · ΔE 37.9

Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 24.59, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6868FF

Analogous#FFB368, #B3FF68

Triadic#68FFFF, #FF68FF

Split complementary#68B3FF, #B368FF

Tetradic#68FFB3, #6868FF, #FF68B3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFCE

Lighter +10%#FFFF9B

Darker −10%#FFFF35

Darker −20%#FFFF02

Darker −30%#CECE00

Darker −40%#9B9B00

More saturated +25%#FFFF68

Less saturated −25%#ECEC7B

Channel breakdown

R255

G255

B104

Red255 (100%)

Green255 (100%)

Blue104 (40.8%)

Hue60°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness70.39%

Dominant channelRed and Green

Hex per channelR FF · G FF · B 68

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