What color is #FFEF00?

#FFEF00 is a vivid yellow known as Canary Yellow. It belongs to the yellow family of colors.

What is the RGB value of Canary Yellow?

The RGB value is 255, 239, 0: 255 red, 239 green and 0 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of Canary Yellow?

The complementary color is #0010FF, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #FFEF00?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 17.6:1 and white text 1.19:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

Canary Yellow color: hex code #FFEF00

#FFEF00 rgb(255, 239, 0)

Shades of yellow

Canary Yellow has the hex code #FFEF00. It is a vivid yellow.

In the RGB color model it is made of 100% red, 93.7% green and 0% blue (255, 239, 0).

Its hue angle is 56°, with 100% saturation and 50% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 0% cyan, 6% magenta, 100% yellow and 0% black.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 17.6:1).

Canary Yellow (#FFEF00) color codes

HEX	`#FFEF00`
RGB	`rgb(255, 239, 0)`
RGB percent	`rgb(100%, 93.7%, 0%)`
HSL	`hsl(56, 100%, 50%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(56, 100%, 100%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 6%, 100%, 0%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(93.01, -13.86, 91.48)`
CIE LCH	`lch(93.01, 92.52, 98.61)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(72.11, 82.996, 12.222)`
Decimal	`16772864`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with Canary 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 #FFEF00	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	17.6:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	1.19:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#FFEF00 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	1.19:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	17.6:1	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 #FFEF00 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #ffef00; }
.text { color: #ffef00; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ffef00; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(255 239 0 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #ffef00, #8fff00); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

See #FFEF00 on its hex code page

Questions

What color is #FFEF00?: #FFEF00 is a vivid yellow known as Canary Yellow. It belongs to the yellow family of colors.
What is the RGB value of Canary Yellow?: The RGB value is 255, 239, 0: 255 red, 239 green and 0 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of Canary Yellow?: The complementary color is #0010FF, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #FFEF00?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 17.6:1 and white text 1.19:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.