Colour

#FEE997

#FEE997
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FEE997 is a yellow with RGB values 254, 233, 151 and HSL 48°, 98%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#FEE997#FEE997

HEX#FEE997

RGBrgb(254, 233, 151)

RGB (0–1)0.9961, 0.9137, 0.5922

RGB percentages99.6%, 91.4%, 59.2%

HSLhsl(47.8, 98.1%, 79.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(47.8, 40.6%, 99.6%)

CMYK0%, 8.3%, 40.6%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,705,943

CSS custom property--colour: #FEE997;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.81583WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness231.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.32:1

Contrast with white1.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.32:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E8E8E8

Inverted#011668

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F9E591no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#FEEC9Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FFDDD5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.21:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.32:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 6 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 12 Navajo white · ΔE 16.6 Moccasin · ΔE 17.3 Wheat · ΔE 19.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 19.9

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 6.05, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#97ACFE

Analogous#FEB597, #E0FE97

Triadic#97FEE9, #E997FE

Split complementary#97E0FE, #B597FE

Tetradic#97FEB5, #97ACFE, #FE97E0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFEFC

Lighter +10%#FEF4CA

Darker −10%#FEDE64

Darker −20%#FDD432

Darker −30%#FAC702

Darker −40%#C79F02

More saturated +25%#FFEA96

Less saturated −25%#F1E1A4

Channel breakdown

R254

G233

B151

Red254 (99.6%)

Green233 (91.4%)

Blue151 (59.2%)

Hue47.77°

Saturation (HSL)98.1%

Lightness79.41%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FE · G E9 · B 97

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