Recognised as Colour

#FEE87F

#FEE87F
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FEE87F is a yellow with RGB values 254, 232, 127 and HSL 50°, 98%, 75%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#FEE87F#FEE87F

HEX#FEE87F

RGBrgb(254, 232, 127)

RGB (0–1)0.9961, 0.9098, 0.498

RGB percentages99.6%, 91%, 49.8%

HSLhsl(49.6, 98.4%, 74.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.6, 50%, 99.6%)

CMYK0%, 8.7%, 50%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,705,663

CSS custom property--colour: #FEE87F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.80316WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness229.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.06:1

Contrast with white1.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E5E5E5

Inverted#011780

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FAE376no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFEB83no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original

Tritanopia#FFDACFno 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 text1.23:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 9.1 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 22.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 23.4 Navajo white · ΔE 27.1 Moccasin · ΔE 28.2 Goldenrod · ΔE 29.7

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 9.12, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7F95FE

Analogous#FEA87F, #D5FE7F

Triadic#7FFEE8, #E87FFE

Split complementary#7FD5FE, #A87FFE

Tetradic#7FFEA8, #7F95FE, #FE7FD5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFAE4

Lighter +10%#FEF1B2

Darker −10%#FEDF4C

Darker −20%#FDD61A

Darker −30%#E2BB02

Darker −40%#B09101

More saturated +25%#FFE97E

Less saturated −25%#EEDD8F

Channel breakdown

R254

G232

B127

Red254 (99.6%)

Green232 (91%)

Blue127 (49.8%)

Hue49.61°

Saturation (HSL)98.45%

Lightness74.71%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FE · G E8 · B 7F

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