Recognised as Colour
#FEE117
- #FEE117
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Gold
#FEE117 is a yellow with RGB values 254, 225, 23 and HSL 52°, 99%, 54%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.
Colour values
#FEE117#FEE117
HEX#FEE117
RGBrgb(254, 225, 23)
RGB (0–1)0.9961, 0.8824, 0.0902
RGB percentages99.6%, 88.2%, 9%
HSLhsl(52.5, 99.1%, 54.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(52.5, 90.9%, 99.6%)
CMYK0%, 11.4%, 90.9%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,703,767
CSS custom property--colour: #FEE117;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.74983WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness221.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16:1
Contrast with white1.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9
Inverted#011EE8
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.31:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#1734FE
Analogous#FE6D17, #A8FE17
Triadic#17FEE1, #E117FE
Split complementary#17A8FE, #6E17FE
Tetradic#17FE6D, #1734FE, #FE17A7
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R254
G225
B23
Red254 (99.6%)
Green225 (88.2%)
Blue23 (9%)
Hue52.47°
Saturation (HSL)99.14%
Lightness54.31%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FE · G E1 · B 17
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