What color is #FFFD74?

#FFFD74 is a light, vivid yellow known as Butter Yellow. It belongs to the yellow family of colors.

What is the RGB value of Butter Yellow?

The RGB value is 255, 253, 116: 255 red, 253 green and 116 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of Butter Yellow?

The complementary color is #7476FF, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #FFFD74?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 19.55:1 and white text 1.07:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

Butter Yellow color: hex code #FFFD74

#FFFD74 rgb(255, 253, 116)

Shades of yellow

Butter Yellow has the hex code #FFFD74. It is a light, vivid yellow.

In the RGB color model it is made of 100% red, 99.2% green and 45.5% blue (255, 253, 116).

Its hue angle is 59°, with 100% saturation and 73% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 0% cyan, 1% magenta, 55% yellow and 0% black.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 19.55:1).

Butter Yellow (#FFFD74) color codes

HEX	`#FFFD74`
RGB	`rgb(255, 253, 116)`
RGB percent	`rgb(100%, 99.2%, 45.5%)`
HSL	`hsl(59, 100%, 73%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(59, 55%, 100%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 1%, 55%, 0%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(97.14, -16.51, 64.58)`
CIE LCH	`lch(97.14, 66.65, 104.35)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(79.52, 92.774, 30.238)`
Decimal	`16776564`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with Butter Yellow, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #FFFD74	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	19.55:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	1.07:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#FFFD74 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	1.07:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	19.55:1	Pass	Pass	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #FFFD74 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #fffd74; }
.text { color: #fffd74; }
.border { border: 2px solid #fffd74; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(255 253 116 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #fffd74, #bbff74); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

See #FFFD74 on its hex code page

Questions

What color is #FFFD74?: #FFFD74 is a light, vivid yellow known as Butter Yellow. It belongs to the yellow family of colors.
What is the RGB value of Butter Yellow?: The RGB value is 255, 253, 116: 255 red, 253 green and 116 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of Butter Yellow?: The complementary color is #7476FF, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #FFFD74?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 19.55:1 and white text 1.07:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.