Recognised as Colour
#FED815
- #FED815
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Gold
#FED815 is a yellow with RGB values 254, 216, 21 and HSL 50°, 99%, 54%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.
Colour values
#FED815#FED815
HEX#FED815
RGBrgb(254, 216, 21)
RGB (0–1)0.9961, 0.8471, 0.0824
RGB percentages99.6%, 84.7%, 8.2%
HSLhsl(50.2, 99.1%, 53.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(50.2, 91.7%, 99.6%)
CMYK0%, 15%, 91.7%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,701,461
CSS custom property--colour: #FED815;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.70237WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness216.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.05:1
Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D2D2D2
Inverted#0127EA
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.05:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#153BFE
Analogous#FE6415, #AFFE15
Triadic#15FED8, #D815FE
Split complementary#15AFFE, #6315FE
Tetradic#15FE64, #153BFE, #FE15B0
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R254
G216
B21
Red254 (99.6%)
Green216 (84.7%)
Blue21 (8.2%)
Hue50.21°
Saturation (HSL)99.15%
Lightness53.92%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FE · G D8 · B 15
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