What color is #FFDE34?

#FFDE34 is a vivid yellow known as Emoji Yellow. It belongs to the yellow family of colors.

What is the RGB value of Emoji Yellow?

The RGB value is 255, 222, 52: 255 red, 222 green and 52 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of Emoji Yellow?

The complementary color is #3455FF, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #FFDE34?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 15.75:1 and white text 1.33:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

Emoji Yellow color: hex code #FFDE34

#FFDE34 rgb(255, 222, 52)

Shades of yellow

Emoji Yellow has the hex code #FFDE34. It is a vivid yellow.

In the RGB color model it is made of 100% red, 87.1% green and 20.4% blue (255, 222, 52).

Its hue angle is 50°, with 100% saturation and 60% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 0% cyan, 13% magenta, 80% yellow and 0% black.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 15.75:1).

Emoji Yellow (#FFDE34) color codes

HEX	`#FFDE34`
RGB	`rgb(255, 222, 52)`
RGB percent	`rgb(100%, 87.1%, 20.4%)`
HSL	`hsl(50, 100%, 60%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(50, 80%, 100%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 13%, 80%, 0%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(88.81, -4.59, 79.99)`
CIE LCH	`lch(88.81, 80.12, 93.29)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(67.985, 73.754, 13.903)`
Decimal	`16768564`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with Emoji 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 #FFDE34	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	15.75:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	1.33:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#FFDE34 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	1.33:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	15.75:1	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 #FFDE34 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #ffde34; }
.text { color: #ffde34; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ffde34; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(255 222 52 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #ffde34, #bbff34); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Gold.

See #FFDE34 on its hex code page

Questions

What color is #FFDE34?: #FFDE34 is a vivid yellow known as Emoji Yellow. It belongs to the yellow family of colors.
What is the RGB value of Emoji Yellow?: The RGB value is 255, 222, 52: 255 red, 222 green and 52 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of Emoji Yellow?: The complementary color is #3455FF, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #FFDE34?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 15.75:1 and white text 1.33:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.