Colour

#FFCA14

#FFCA14
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FFCA14 is a yellow with RGB values 255, 202, 20 and HSL 46°, 100%, 54%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#FFCA14#FFCA14

HEX#FFCA14

RGBrgb(255, 202, 20)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.7922, 0.0784

RGB percentages100%, 79.2%, 7.8%

HSLhsl(46.5, 100%, 53.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(46.5, 92.2%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 20.8%, 92.2%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,763,412

CSS custom property--colour: #FFCA14;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63552WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness208.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.71:1

Contrast with white1.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8

Inverted#0035EB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E4C800no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#F0D727no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.1 from the original

Tritanopia#FFB7ACno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 69.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.53:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 8.7 Goldenrod · ΔE 19.4 Orange · ΔE 21.3 Yellow · ΔE 31.9 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 32.1 Dark orange · ΔE 35.7

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 8.67, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1449FF

Analogous#FF5514, #BEFF14

Triadic#14FFCA, #CA14FF

Split complementary#14BEFF, #5514FF

Tetradic#14FF55, #1449FF, #FF14BF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFF8E0

Lighter +30%#FFEDAD

Lighter +20%#FFE17A

Lighter +10%#FFD647

Darker −10%#E0AD00

Darker −20%#AD8600

Darker −30%#7A5E00

Darker −40%#473700

More saturated +25%#FFCA14

Less saturated −25%#E2BA31

Channel breakdown

R255

G202

B20

Red255 (100%)

Green202 (79.2%)

Blue20 (7.8%)

Hue46.47°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness53.92%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G CA · B 14

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