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#FFEF00 Canary Yellow

#FFEF00 is Canary Yellow.

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#FFEF00

Canary Yellow

What are the RGB, HSL, OKLCH and CMYK values of #FFEF00?

HEX
#FFEF00
RGB
rgb(255, 239, 0)
HSL
hsl(56, 100%, 50%)
OKLCH
oklch(93.5% 0.198 105)
CMYK
0, 6, 100, 0

#FFEF00 has a contrast ratio of 1.19:1 against white and 17.60:1 against black, so black is the better background for text in this color and dark text reads best on it.

Contrast checker

Text color (rows) on background (columns), scored against WCAG 2.2. White and near-black text on this color.

WCAG contrast ratio for each text and background color combination
Text ↓ / Bg → #FFEF00
#FFEF00
Same color
White
1.2Fail
Near-black
14.7AAA

AAA ≥ 7:1 · AA ≥ 4.5:1 body text· AA18 ≥ 3:1 large text (18pt, or 14pt bold) only

Text that works on each color

  • Near-black on #FFEF00 · 14.7:1

Tints and shades of #FFEF00

Same hue and chroma in OKLCH, lighter to darker.

  1. #FFEF00
  2. #E9DA00
  3. #C8BB00
  4. #A79C00
  5. #887F00
  6. #6A6200
  7. #4D4700
  8. #322E00
  9. #191700

Colors that go with #FFEF00

Six harmony rules built from this color. Open any in the Studio.

Color blindness check

About 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women see color differently. Simulated with the Machado (2009) model.

Typical
Deuteranopia

No green cones — the most common form. Canary Yellow, #FFEF00 and Green Yellow, #A1FF29; Canary Yellow, #FFEF00 and Lawn Green, #5CFF52 become hard to tell apart — don't rely on color alone to separate them.

Export

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:root {
  --canary-yellow-1: #FFEF00; /* Canary Yellow */
}

Palettes, gradients and meshes with #FFEF00

Items using this color or one perceptually close to it, closest first.

Palettes (6)

Gradients (3)