Recognised as Colour

#FEE97E

#FEE97E
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FEE97E is a yellow with RGB values 254, 233, 126 and HSL 50°, 98%, 75%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#FEE97E#FEE97E

HEX#FEE97E

RGBrgb(254, 233, 126)

RGB (0–1)0.9961, 0.9137, 0.4941

RGB percentages99.6%, 91.4%, 49.4%

HSLhsl(50.2, 98.5%, 74.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.2, 50.4%, 99.6%)

CMYK0%, 8.3%, 50.4%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,705,918

CSS custom property--colour: #FEE97E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.80855WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness230.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.17:1

Contrast with white1.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E6E6E6

Inverted#011681

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FBE475no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFEC83no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original

Tritanopia#FFDBD0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.22:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 9.7 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 23.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 24 Navajo white · ΔE 28.1 Moccasin · ΔE 29.1 Goldenrod · ΔE 29.8

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 9.69, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7E93FE

Analogous#FEA97E, #D3FE7E

Triadic#7EFEE9, #E97EFE

Split complementary#7ED3FE, #A97EFE

Tetradic#7EFEA9, #7E93FE, #FE7ED3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFAE3

Lighter +10%#FEF2B1

Darker −10%#FEE04B

Darker −20%#FDD819

Darker −30%#E1BD02

Darker −40%#AF9201

More saturated +25%#FFEA7D

Less saturated −25%#EEDE8E

Channel breakdown

R254

G233

B126

Red254 (99.6%)

Green233 (91.4%)

Blue126 (49.4%)

Hue50.16°

Saturation (HSL)98.46%

Lightness74.51%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FE · G E9 · B 7E

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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