All About Color #FFFF42

#FFFF42

About #FFFF42

#FFFF42 is a light yellow color with the hex code #FFFF42. In RGB it is red 255, green 255, blue 66; in HSL it is hue 60°, saturation 100%, lightness 63%; in CMYK it is 0%, 0%, 74%, 0%. Its contrast ratio is 1.07:1 on white and 19.63:1 on black.

#FFFF42 Color Conversion

Hex tripletFF, FF, 42
CMYK0.00%, 0.00%, 74.12%, 0.00%
RGB Decimal255, 255, 66
HSL60°, 100%, 63%
RGB Octal377, 377, 102
HSV (HSB)60.00°, 74.12%, 100.00%
RGB Binary11111111, 11111111, 1000010
CIE-L*AB97.30, -20.27, 83.52
RGB Percent100.00%, 100.00%, 25.88%
CIE-L*CH97.30, 85.95, 103.64
XYZ77.98, 93.17, 19.03
CIE-L*UV97.30, 7.20, 99.68
xyY0.41, 0.49, 93.17
Hunter-Lab96.53, -24.71, 55.88
RYB25.88%, 100.00%, 25.88%

Color Accessibility Scores

#FFFF42 on a dark background: contrast 19.63:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#FFFF42 on a light background: contrast 1.07:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #FFFF42, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

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Complementary palette

#FFFF42 · #FFFF9E · #E5E600 · #4242FF · #9E9EFF

Analogous palette

#FF4242 · #FFA142 · #FFFF42 · #A1FF42 · #42FF42

Triadic palette

#FFFF42 · #42FFFF · #FF42FF · #FFFF9E · #9EFFFF

Tetradic palette

#FFFF42 · #42FFA1 · #4242FF · #FF42A1 · #E5E600

Monochromatic palette

#A8A800 · #F5F500 · #FFFF42 · #FFFF8F · #FFFFDB

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