Colour

#FEE68E

#FEE68E
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FEE68E is a yellow with RGB values 254, 230, 142 and HSL 47°, 98%, 78%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#FEE68E#FEE68E

HEX#FEE68E

RGBrgb(254, 230, 142)

RGB (0–1)0.9961, 0.902, 0.5569

RGB percentages99.6%, 90.2%, 55.7%

HSLhsl(47.1, 98.2%, 77.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(47.1, 44.1%, 99.6%)

CMYK0%, 9.4%, 44.1%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,705,166

CSS custom property--colour: #FEE68E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.79617WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness229.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.92:1

Contrast with white1.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.92:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E5E5E5

Inverted#011971

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F7E287no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#FDEA91no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FFDAD0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.24:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 5.8 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 15.3 Navajo white · ΔE 19.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 20 Moccasin · ΔE 20.2 Wheat · ΔE 22.4

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 5.85, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8EA6FE

Analogous#FEAE8E, #DEFE8E

Triadic#8EFEE6, #E68EFE

Split complementary#8EDEFE, #AE8EFE

Tetradic#8EFEAE, #8EA6FE, #FE8EDE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFCF3

Lighter +10%#FEF1C1

Darker −10%#FEDB5B

Darker −20%#FDD029

Darker −30%#F1BE02

Darker −40%#BE9602

More saturated +25%#FFE78D

Less saturated −25%#F0DE9C

Channel breakdown

R254

G230

B142

Red254 (99.6%)

Green230 (90.2%)

Blue142 (55.7%)

Hue47.14°

Saturation (HSL)98.25%

Lightness77.65%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FE · G E6 · B 8E

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