- Yellow
Everything about the color Yellow
The meaning of the color Yellow and color combinations to inspire your next design.
Yellow sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green in the color wheel. Being the most visible color from a distance, it is often used as a cautionary color. The hex code for yellow is #FFFF00.
The color of sunshine and sunflowers, yellow is optimistic, playful, and happy. It can also be associated with mental clarity and intellect.
Yellow comes in a variety of colors—from sunshine yellow to golden yellow—and works well with its complementary color, purple. Bright yellow can be used as a pop of color for highlight or accent.
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Information about Yellow / #FFFF00
In a RGB color space (made from three colored lights for red, green, and blue), hex #FFFF00 is made of 100% red, 100% green and 0% blue. In a CMYK color space (also known as process color, or four color, and used in color printing), hex #FFFF00 is made of 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 100% yellow and 0% black. Yellow has a hue angle of 60 degrees, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 50%.
Color conversion
The hexadecimal color #FFFF00 has RGB values of R: 100, G: 100, B: 0 and CMYK values of C: 0, M: 0, Y: 1, K:0.
| Value | CSS | |
|---|---|---|
| Hex | ffff00 | #ffff00 |
| RGB Decimal | 255, 255, 0 | rgb(255,255,0) |
| RGB Percentage | 100, 100, 0 | rgb(100%, 100%, 0%) |
| CMYK | 0, 0, 100, 0 | |
| HSL | 60°, 100, 50 | hsl(60°, 100%, 50%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | 60°, 100, 100 | |
| Web Safe | ffff00 | #ffff00 |
| CIE-LAB | 97.139, -21.554, 94.478 | |
| XYZ | 77.003, 92.783, 13.853 | |
| xyY | 0.419, 0.505, 92.783 | |
| CIE-LCH | 97.139, 96.905, 102.851 | |
| CIE-LUV | 97.139, 7.706, 106.787 | |
| Hunter-Lab | 96.324, -21.054, 55.72 | |
| Binary | 11111111, 11111111, 00000000 |
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