Colour

#FEE56B

#FEE56B
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FEE56B is a yellow with RGB values 254, 229, 107 and HSL 50°, 99%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#FEE56B#FEE56B

HEX#FEE56B

RGBrgb(254, 229, 107)

RGB (0–1)0.9961, 0.898, 0.4196

RGB percentages99.6%, 89.8%, 42%

HSLhsl(49.8, 98.7%, 70.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.8, 57.9%, 99.6%)

CMYK0%, 9.8%, 57.9%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,704,875

CSS custom property--colour: #FEE56B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.78171WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness226.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.63:1

Contrast with white1.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E2E2E2

Inverted#011A94

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F9E05Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFE971no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD6CAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.26:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 16.7 Goldenrod · ΔE 25.7 Gold · ΔE 26.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 28.3 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 30.5 Navajo white · ΔE 34.7

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 16.75, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6B84FE

Analogous#FE9B6B, #CDFE6B

Triadic#6BFEE5, #E56BFE

Split complementary#6BCDFE, #9C6BFE

Tetradic#6BFE9C, #6B84FE, #FE6BCD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFF7D0

Lighter +10%#FEEE9E

Darker −10%#FEDC38

Darker −20%#FDD306

Darker −30%#CFAC01

Darker −40%#9C8201

More saturated +25%#FFE66A

Less saturated −25%#EBD97E

Channel breakdown

R254

G229

B107

Red254 (99.6%)

Green229 (89.8%)

Blue107 (42%)

Hue49.8°

Saturation (HSL)98.66%

Lightness70.78%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FE · G E5 · B 6B

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