Recognised as Colour

#FEF06F

#FEF06F
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FEF06F is a yellow with RGB values 254, 240, 111 and HSL 54°, 99%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#FEF06F#FEF06F

HEX#FEF06F

RGBrgb(254, 240, 111)

RGB (0–1)0.9961, 0.9412, 0.4353

RGB percentages99.6%, 94.1%, 43.5%

HSLhsl(54.1, 98.6%, 71.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(54.1, 56.3%, 99.6%)

CMYK0%, 5.5%, 56.3%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,707,695

CSS custom property--colour: #FEF06F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.84539WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness233.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.91:1

Contrast with white1.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#EAEAEA

Inverted#010F90

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFE962no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFF076no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original

Tritanopia#FFE2D4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.17:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 18.3 Gold · ΔE 26.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 30.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 31.2 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 32.2 Yellow green · ΔE 32.2

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 18.27, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6F7DFE

Analogous#FEA96F, #C4FE6F

Triadic#6FFEF0, #F06FFE

Split complementary#6FC4FE, #A96FFE

Tetradic#6FFEA8, #6F7DFE, #FE6FC4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFBD4

Lighter +10%#FEF5A2

Darker −10%#FEEB3C

Darker −20%#FDE50A

Darker −30%#D3BE01

Darker −40%#A09001

More saturated +25%#FFF16E

Less saturated −25%#ECE181

Channel breakdown

R254

G240

B111

Red254 (99.6%)

Green240 (94.1%)

Blue111 (43.5%)

Hue54.13°

Saturation (HSL)98.62%

Lightness71.57%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FE · G F0 · B 6F

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