Colour

#FEE500

#FEE500
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FEE500 is a yellow with RGB values 254, 229, 0 and HSL 54°, 100%, 50%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#FEE500#FEE500

HEX#FEE500

RGBrgb(254, 229, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.9961, 0.898, 0

RGB percentages99.6%, 89.8%, 0%

HSLhsl(54.1, 100%, 49.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(54.1, 100%, 99.6%)

CMYK0%, 9.8%, 100%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,704,768

CSS custom property--colour: #FEE500;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77109WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness223.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.42:1

Contrast with white1.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.42:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DADADA

Inverted#011AFF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FCDE00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFE829no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD3C3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 79.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.28:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 8.5 Yellow · ΔE 14.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 33.7 Orange · ΔE 38.2 Yellow green · ΔE 39.2 Green yellow · ΔE 43.8

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 8.54, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0019FE

Analogous#FE6600, #98FE00

Triadic#00FEE5, #E500FE

Split complementary#0098FE, #6600FE

Tetradic#00FE66, #0019FE, #FE0098

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFACB

Lighter +30%#FFF598

Lighter +20%#FFF065

Lighter +10%#FFEB32

Darker −10%#CBB700

Darker −20%#988900

Darker −30%#655B00

Darker −40%#322D00

More saturated +25%#FEE500

Less saturated −25%#DECB20

Channel breakdown

R254

G229

Red254 (99.6%)

Green229 (89.8%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue54.09°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness49.8%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FE · G E5 · B 00

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