Recognised as Colour

#FEE02A

#FEE02A
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FEE02A is a yellow with RGB values 254, 224, 42 and HSL 52°, 99%, 58%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#FEE02A#FEE02A

HEX#FEE02A

RGBrgb(254, 224, 42)

RGB (0–1)0.9961, 0.8784, 0.1647

RGB percentages99.6%, 87.8%, 16.5%

HSLhsl(51.5, 99.1%, 58%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.5, 83.5%, 99.6%)

CMYK0%, 11.8%, 83.5%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,703,530

CSS custom property--colour: #FEE02A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74549WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness221.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.91:1

Contrast with white1.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9

Inverted#011FD5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F7DA00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFE53Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original

Tritanopia#FFCEC0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 72.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.32:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 6.5 Yellow · ΔE 20.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 27.5 Orange · ΔE 33.6 Yellow green · ΔE 37.8 Khaki · ΔE 38

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 6.51, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2A48FE

Analogous#FE762A, #B2FE2A

Triadic#2AFEE0, #E02AFE

Split complementary#2AB2FE, #762AFE

Tetradic#2AFE76, #2A48FE, #FE2AB2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFEF5

Lighter +30%#FFF6C2

Lighter +20%#FEEF90

Lighter +10%#FEE75D

Darker −10%#F4D201

Darker −20%#C1A601

Darker −30%#8E7A01

Darker −40%#5C4F00

More saturated +25%#FFE129

Less saturated −25%#E3CD45

Channel breakdown

R254

G224

B42

Red254 (99.6%)

Green224 (87.8%)

Blue42 (16.5%)

Hue51.51°

Saturation (HSL)99.07%

Lightness58.04%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FE · G E0 · B 2A

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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