What color is #F0F00F?

#F0F00F is a vivid yellow known as Triforce. It belongs to the yellow family of colors.

What is the RGB value of Triforce?

The RGB value is 240, 240, 15: 240 red, 240 green and 15 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of Triforce?

The complementary color is #0F0FF0, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #F0F00F?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 17.18:1 and white text 1.22:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

Triforce color: hex code #F0F00F

#F0F00F rgb(240, 240, 15)

Shades of yellow

Triforce has the hex code #F0F00F. It is a vivid yellow.

In the RGB color model it is made of 94.1% red, 94.1% green and 5.9% blue (240, 240, 15).

Its hue angle is 60°, with 88% saturation and 50% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 94% yellow and 6% black.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 17.18:1).

Triforce (#F0F00F) color codes

HEX	`#F0F00F`
RGB	`rgb(240, 240, 15)`
RGB percent	`rgb(94.1%, 94.1%, 5.9%)`
HSL	`hsl(60, 88%, 50%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(60, 94%, 94%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 0%, 94%, 6%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(92.08, -20.46, 89.08)`
CIE LCH	`lch(92.08, 91.4, 102.94)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(67.184, 80.882, 12.525)`
Decimal	`15790095`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with Triforce, 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 #F0F00F	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	17.18:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	1.22:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#F0F00F as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	1.22:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	17.18:1	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 #F0F00F looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #f0f00f; }
.text { color: #f0f00f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f0f00f; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(240 240 15 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #f0f00f, #80f00f); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

See #F0F00F on its hex code page

Questions

What color is #F0F00F?: #F0F00F is a vivid yellow known as Triforce. It belongs to the yellow family of colors.
What is the RGB value of Triforce?: The RGB value is 240, 240, 15: 240 red, 240 green and 15 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of Triforce?: The complementary color is #0F0FF0, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #F0F00F?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 17.18:1 and white text 1.22:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.