Colour

#FEE57D

#FEE57D
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FEE57D is a yellow with RGB values 254, 229, 125 and HSL 48°, 98%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#FEE57D#FEE57D

HEX#FEE57D

RGBrgb(254, 229, 125)

RGB (0–1)0.9961, 0.898, 0.4902

RGB percentages99.6%, 89.8%, 49%

HSLhsl(48.4, 98.5%, 74.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.4, 50.8%, 99.6%)

CMYK0%, 9.8%, 50.8%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,704,893

CSS custom property--colour: #FEE57D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7859WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness227.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.72:1

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

Contrast with black16.72:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E3E3E3

Inverted#011A82

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F7E174no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#FEE981no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD7CDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.4 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 text16.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 9.6 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 22.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 23 Navajo white · ΔE 26.6 Moccasin · ΔE 27.9 Goldenrod · ΔE 28.5

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 9.6, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7D96FE

Analogous#FEA57D, #D6FE7D

Triadic#7DFEE5, #E57DFE

Split complementary#7DD6FE, #A57DFE

Tetradic#7DFEA5, #7D96FE, #FE7DD6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFF9E2

Lighter +10%#FEEFB0

Darker −10%#FEDB4A

Darker −20%#FDD118

Darker −30%#E0B502

Darker −40%#AE8C01

More saturated +25%#FFE67C

Less saturated −25%#EEDB8D

Channel breakdown

R254

G229

B125

Red254 (99.6%)

Green229 (89.8%)

Blue125 (49%)

Hue48.37°

Saturation (HSL)98.47%

Lightness74.31%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FE · G E5 · B 7D

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