Recognised as Colour
#FEE379
- #FEE379
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Khaki
#FEE379 is a yellow with RGB values 254, 227, 121 and HSL 48°, 99%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.
Colour values
#FEE379#FEE379
HEX#FEE379
RGBrgb(254, 227, 121)
RGB (0–1)0.9961, 0.8902, 0.4745
RGB percentages99.6%, 89%, 47.5%
HSLhsl(47.8, 98.5%, 73.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(47.8, 52.4%, 99.6%)
CMYK0%, 10.6%, 52.4%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,704,377
CSS custom property--colour: #FEE379;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.77389WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness226.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.48:1
Contrast with white1.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E1E1E1
Inverted#011C86
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.27:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.48:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#7994FE
Analogous#FEA179, #D6FE79
Triadic#79FEE3, #E379FE
Split complementary#79D7FE, #A179FE
Tetradic#79FEA1, #7994FE, #FE79D7
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R254
G227
B121
Red254 (99.6%)
Green227 (89%)
Blue121 (47.5%)
Hue47.82°
Saturation (HSL)98.52%
Lightness73.53%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FE · G E3 · B 79
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