Recognised as Colour
#FEE52A
- #FEE52A
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Gold
#FEE52A is a yellow with RGB values 254, 229, 42 and HSL 53°, 99%, 58%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.
Colour values
#FEE52A#FEE52A
HEX#FEE52A
RGBrgb(254, 229, 42)
RGB (0–1)0.9961, 0.898, 0.1647
RGB percentages99.6%, 89.8%, 16.5%
HSLhsl(52.9, 99.1%, 58%)
HSV / HSBhsv(52.9, 83.5%, 99.6%)
CMYK0%, 9.8%, 83.5%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,704,810
CSS custom property--colour: #FEE52A;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.77277WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness224.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.46:1
Contrast with white1.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DDDDDD
Inverted#011AD5
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.28:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.46:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#2A43FE
Analogous#FE7B2A, #ADFE2A
Triadic#2AFEE5, #E52AFE
Split complementary#2AADFE, #7B2AFE
Tetradic#2AFE7B, #2A43FE, #FE2AAD
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R254
G229
B42
Red254 (99.6%)
Green229 (89.8%)
Blue42 (16.5%)
Hue52.92°
Saturation (HSL)99.07%
Lightness58.04%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FE · G E5 · B 2A
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