What color is #FFFF77?

#FFFF77 is a light, vivid yellow known as Hive. It belongs to the yellow family of colors.

What is the RGB value of Hive?

The RGB value is 255, 255, 119: 255 red, 255 green and 119 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of Hive?

The complementary color is #7777FF, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #FFFF77?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 19.82:1 and white text 1.06:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

Hive color: hex code #FFFF77

#FFFF77 rgb(255, 255, 119)

Shades of yellow

Hive has the hex code #FFFF77. It is a light, vivid yellow.

In the RGB color model it is made of 100% red, 100% green and 46.7% blue (255, 255, 119).

Its hue angle is 60°, with 100% saturation and 73% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 53% yellow and 0% black.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 19.82:1).

Hive (#FFFF77) color codes

HEX	`#FFFF77`
RGB	`rgb(255, 255, 119)`
RGB percent	`rgb(100%, 100%, 46.7%)`
HSL	`hsl(60, 100%, 73%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(60, 53%, 100%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 0%, 53%, 0%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(97.68, -17.25, 63.88)`
CIE LCH	`lch(97.68, 66.17, 105.11)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(80.332, 94.114, 31.383)`
Decimal	`16777079`
Short hex	`#FF7`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with Hive, 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 #FFFF77	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	19.82:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	1.06:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#FFFF77 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	1.06:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	19.82:1	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 #FFFF77 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #ffff77; }
.text { color: #ffff77; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ffff77; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(255 255 119 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #ffff77, #bbff77); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

See #FFFF77 on its hex code page

Questions

What color is #FFFF77?: #FFFF77 is a light, vivid yellow known as Hive. It belongs to the yellow family of colors.
What is the RGB value of Hive?: The RGB value is 255, 255, 119: 255 red, 255 green and 119 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of Hive?: The complementary color is #7777FF, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #FFFF77?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 19.82:1 and white text 1.06:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.