Recognised as Colour

#FEEC3C

#FEEC3C
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FEEC3C is a yellow with RGB values 254, 236, 60 and HSL 54°, 99%, 62%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#FEEC3C#FEEC3C

HEX#FEEC3C

RGBrgb(254, 236, 60)

RGB (0–1)0.9961, 0.9255, 0.2353

RGB percentages99.6%, 92.5%, 23.5%

HSLhsl(54.4, 99%, 61.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(54.4, 76.4%, 99.6%)

CMYK0%, 7.1%, 76.4%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,706,620

CSS custom property--colour: #FEEC3C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.81388WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness228.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.28:1

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

Contrast with black17.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E3E3E3

Inverted#0113C3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFE40Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFED4Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FFDBCBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 71.7 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 text17.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 12.9 Yellow · ΔE 17.6 Goldenrod · ΔE 31.8 Yellow green · ΔE 33.8 Khaki · ΔE 35.9 Orange · ΔE 39.7

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 12.86, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3C4EFE

Analogous#FE8B3C, #AFFE3C

Triadic#3CFEEC, #EC3CFE

Split complementary#3CAFFE, #8B3CFE

Tetradic#3CFE8B, #3C4EFE, #FE3CAF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFBD4

Lighter +20%#FFF6A1

Lighter +10%#FEF16F

Darker −10%#FEE709

Darker −20%#D3BF01

Darker −30%#A09101

Darker −40%#6D6301

More saturated +25%#FFED3B

Less saturated −25%#E6D855

Channel breakdown

R254

G236

B60

Red254 (99.6%)

Green236 (92.5%)

Blue60 (23.5%)

Hue54.43°

Saturation (HSL)98.98%

Lightness61.57%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FE · G EC · B 3C

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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