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Recognised as Colour

#FEEC9F

  • #FEEC9F
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Khaki

#FEEC9F is a yellow with RGB values 254, 236, 159 and HSL 49°, 98%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#FEEC9F#FEEC9F
HEX#FEEC9F
RGBrgb(254, 236, 159)
RGB (0–1)0.9961, 0.9255, 0.6235
RGB percentages99.6%, 92.5%, 62.4%
HSLhsl(48.6, 97.9%, 81%)
HSV / HSBhsv(48.6, 37.4%, 99.6%)
CMYK0%, 7.1%, 37.4%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,706,719
CSS custom property--colour: #FEEC9F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.83565WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness234.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.71:1
Contrast with white1.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#EAEAEA
Inverted#011360

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FBE899no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#FFEEA2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original
Tritanopia#FFE1D8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.19:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 7.6Pale goldenrod · ΔE 9.3Navajo white · ΔE 14.8Moccasin · ΔE 15Wheat · ΔE 17.2Lemon chiffon · ΔE 17.9
Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 7.58, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9FB1FE
Analogous#FEBD9F, #E1FE9F
Triadic#9FFEEC, #EC9FFE
Split complementary#9FE1FE, #BD9FFE
Tetradic#9FFEBD, #9FB1FE, #FE9FE1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FFF6D1
Darker −10%#FDE26D
Darker −20%#FDD83A
Darker −30%#FCCE08
Darker −40%#CFA802
More saturated +25%#FFED9E
Less saturated −25%#F2E4AB

Channel breakdown

R254
G236
B159
Red254 (99.6%)
Green236 (92.5%)
Blue159 (62.4%)
Hue48.63°
Saturation (HSL)97.94%
Lightness80.98%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FE · G EC · B 9F

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