Colour

#FEE40D

#FEE40D
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FEE40D is a yellow with RGB values 254, 228, 13 and HSL 54°, 99%, 52%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#FEE40D#FEE40D

HEX#FEE40D

RGBrgb(254, 228, 13)

RGB (0–1)0.9961, 0.8941, 0.051

RGB percentages99.6%, 89.4%, 5.1%

HSLhsl(53.5, 99.2%, 52.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(53.5, 94.9%, 99.6%)

CMYK0%, 10.2%, 94.9%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,704,525

CSS custom property--colour: #FEE40D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.76587WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness223.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.32:1

Contrast with white1.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.32:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DADADA

Inverted#011BF2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FBDD00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFE72Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD2C2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 77.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.29:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.32:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 7.6 Yellow · ΔE 15.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 32.5 Orange · ΔE 37.3 Yellow green · ΔE 38.9 Khaki · ΔE 43.3

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 7.65, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0D27FE

Analogous#FE6B0D, #A0FE0D

Triadic#0DFEE4, #E40DFE

Split complementary#0DA0FE, #6B0DFE

Tetradic#0DFE6B, #0D27FE, #FE0DA0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFBD8

Lighter +30%#FFF5A5

Lighter +20%#FEEF73

Lighter +10%#FEEA40

Darker −10%#D7C001

Darker −20%#A49301

Darker −30%#726500

Darker −40%#3F3800

More saturated +25%#FFE50C

Less saturated −25%#E0CC2B

Channel breakdown

R254

G228

B13

Red254 (99.6%)

Green228 (89.4%)

Blue13 (5.1%)

Hue53.53°

Saturation (HSL)99.18%

Lightness52.35%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FE · G E4 · B 0D

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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