Colour

#FEDD06

#FEDD06
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FEDD06 is a yellow with RGB values 254, 221, 6 and HSL 52°, 99%, 51%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#FEDD06#FEDD06

HEX#FEDD06

RGBrgb(254, 221, 6)

RGB (0–1)0.9961, 0.8667, 0.0235

RGB percentages99.6%, 86.7%, 2.4%

HSLhsl(52, 99.2%, 51%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52, 97.6%, 99.6%)

CMYK0%, 13%, 97.6%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,702,726

CSS custom property--colour: #FEDD06;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72797WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness219 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.56:1

Contrast with white1.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D4D4D4

Inverted#0122F9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F5D700no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#FDE228no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original

Tritanopia#FFCBBCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 76.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.35:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 3.7 Yellow · ΔE 19.7 Goldenrod · ΔE 29.2 Orange · ΔE 33.3 Yellow green · ΔE 40.6 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 41.2

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 3.72, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#0627FE

Analogous#FE6106, #A3FE06

Triadic#06FEDD, #DD06FE

Split complementary#06A3FE, #6106FE

Tetradic#06FE61, #0627FE, #FE06A3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFF9D1

Lighter +30%#FFF29E

Lighter +20%#FEEB6C

Lighter +10%#FEE439

Darker −10%#D0B501

Darker −20%#9D8901

Darker −30%#6B5C00

Darker −40%#383000

More saturated +25%#FFDE05

Less saturated −25%#DFC625

Channel breakdown

R254

G221

Red254 (99.6%)

Green221 (86.7%)

Blue6 (2.4%)

Hue52.02°

Saturation (HSL)99.2%

Lightness50.98%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FE · G DD · B 06

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