Recognised as Colour

#FEE23C

#FEE23C
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FEE23C is a yellow with RGB values 254, 226, 60 and HSL 51°, 99%, 62%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#FEE23C#FEE23C

HEX#FEE23C

RGBrgb(254, 226, 60)

RGB (0–1)0.9961, 0.8863, 0.2353

RGB percentages99.6%, 88.6%, 23.5%

HSLhsl(51.3, 99%, 61.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.3, 76.4%, 99.6%)

CMYK0%, 11%, 76.4%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,704,060

CSS custom property--colour: #FEE23C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7579WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness222.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.16:1

Contrast with white1.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DCDCDC

Inverted#011DC3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F8DC14no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFE648no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD1C3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 68.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.3:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 10.3 Yellow · ΔE 23 Goldenrod · ΔE 26.2 Khaki · ΔE 33.5 Orange · ΔE 34.1 Yellow green · ΔE 35.9

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 10.34, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3C58FE

Analogous#FE813C, #B9FE3C

Triadic#3CFEE2, #E23CFE

Split complementary#3CB9FE, #813CFE

Tetradic#3CFE81, #3C58FE, #FE3CB9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFF9D4

Lighter +20%#FFF1A1

Lighter +10%#FEEA6F

Darker −10%#FEDA09

Darker −20%#D3B501

Darker −30%#A08901

Darker −40%#6D5E01

More saturated +25%#FFE33B

Less saturated −25%#E6D155

Channel breakdown

R254

G226

B60

Red254 (99.6%)

Green226 (88.6%)

Blue60 (23.5%)

Hue51.34°

Saturation (HSL)98.98%

Lightness61.57%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FE · G E2 · B 3C

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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