Recognised as Colour
#FEE121
- #FEE121
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Gold
#FEE121 is a yellow with RGB values 254, 225, 33 and HSL 52°, 99%, 56%. 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
#FEE121#FEE121
HEX#FEE121
RGBrgb(254, 225, 33)
RGB (0–1)0.9961, 0.8824, 0.1294
RGB percentages99.6%, 88.2%, 12.9%
HSLhsl(52.1, 99.1%, 56.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(52.1, 87%, 99.6%)
CMYK0%, 11.4%, 87%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,703,777
CSS custom property--colour: #FEE121;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.75031WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness221.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.01:1
Contrast with white1.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9
Inverted#011EDE
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 text16.01:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#213EFE
Analogous#FE7221, #ADFE21
Triadic#21FEE1, #E121FE
Split complementary#21ACFE, #7321FE
Tetradic#21FE72, #213EFE, #FE21AC
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R254
G225
B33
Red254 (99.6%)
Green225 (88.2%)
Blue33 (12.9%)
Hue52.13°
Saturation (HSL)99.1%
Lightness56.27%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FE · G E1 · B 21
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