Colour

#FFFF8B

#FFFF8B
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FFFF8B is a yellow with RGB values 255, 255, 139 and HSL 60°, 100%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 19.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#FFFF8B#FFFF8B

HEX#FFFF8B

RGBrgb(255, 255, 139)

RGB (0–1)1, 1, 0.5451

RGB percentages100%, 100%, 54.5%

HSLhsl(60, 100%, 77.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(60, 45.5%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 0%, 45.5%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,777,099

CSS custom property--colour: #FFFF8B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.94644WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness244.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 19.93:1

Contrast with white1.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black19.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#F7F7F7

Inverted#000074

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFF781no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFFB91no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original

Tritanopia#FFF2E4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.05:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text19.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 14.2 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 26.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 29.9 Yellow green · ΔE 33 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 34.4 Navajo white · ΔE 34.4

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 14.22, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8B8BFF

Analogous#FFC58B, #C5FF8B

Triadic#8BFFFF, #FF8BFF

Split complementary#8BC5FF, #C58BFF

Tetradic#8BFFC5, #8B8BFF, #FF8BC5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFF1

Lighter +10%#FFFFBE

Darker −10%#FFFF58

Darker −20%#FFFF25

Darker −30%#F1F100

Darker −40%#BEBE00

More saturated +25%#FFFF8B

Less saturated −25%#F1F19A

Channel breakdown

R255

G255

B139

Red255 (100%)

Green255 (100%)

Blue139 (54.5%)

Hue60°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness77.25%

Dominant channelRed and Green

Hex per channelR FF · G FF · B 8B

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