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Yellow #FFFF00

#FFFF00oklch(0.9680 0.2110 109.8)

yellow (#FFFF00) is a very light vivid yellow. In OKLCH it has lightness 96.8%, chroma 0.211 and hue 109.8°; its relative luminance is 92.8%. Black text reads best on it (APCA Lc 101, WCAG 19.56:1). It is outside the FOGRA39 coated print gamut: the closest printable color is #F4E600 (ΔE00 5.5).

#FFFF00 in every format

HEX#FFFF00
RGBrgb(255 255 0)
HSLhsl(60.0 100.0% 50.0%)
HSB / HSVhsb(60.0 100.0% 100.0%)
HWBhwb(60.0 0.0% 0.0%)
CMYK (formula)cmyk(0/0/100/0)
CMYK (FOGRA39 coated)cmyk(9/0/96/0)
CIELAB (D50)lab(97.61 -15.75 93.39)
LChlch(97.61 94.71 99.6)
OKLaboklab(0.9680 -0.0714 0.1986)
OKLCHoklch(0.9680 0.2110 109.8)
CIE XYZ (D65)color(xyz-d65 0.76998 0.92781 0.13853)
CIE xyYxyY(0.4193 0.5053 0.9278)
Display P3color(display-p3 1.0000 1.0000 0.3309)
Linear sRGBcolor(srgb-linear 1.00000 1.00000 0.00000)
CSS nameyellow

Text on #FFFF00

White textWCAG 1.07:1 · APCA Lc 0
Black textWCAG 19.56:1 · APCA Lc 101

Color blindness

Machado 2009 simulation
#FFFF00normal
#FFF400protanopia
#FFFA31deuteranopia
#FFEED9tritanopia

Tints and shades

OKLCH lightness steps, hue held
#F9F900
#E2E100
#C7C600
#ADAC00
#949300
#7B7A00
#636200
#4C4B00
#373600
#222100
#0F0E00

Harmonies

hue rotations in OKLCH
Complementary
#FFFF00
#F3F1FF
Analogous
#FFFF00
#FFF0C1
#D0FFC3
Triadic
#FFFF00
#D6FBFF
#FFE9F9
Split complementary
#FFFF00
#E7F6FF
#FFEAFF
Tetradic
#FFFF00
#B1FFFF
#F3F1FF
#FFEBEA

Similar colors

nearest by CIEDE2000