Colour

#FFE000

#FFE000
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FFE000 is a yellow with RGB values 255, 224, 0 and HSL 53°, 100%, 50%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#FFE000#FFE000

HEX#FFE000

RGBrgb(255, 224, 0)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.8784, 0

RGB percentages100%, 87.8%, 0%

HSLhsl(52.7, 100%, 50%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.7, 100%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 12.2%, 100%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,769,024

CSS custom property--colour: #FFE000;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74571WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness221.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.91:1

Contrast with white1.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D6D6D6

Inverted#001FFF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F8DA00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFE527no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original

Tritanopia#FFCEBFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 77.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.32:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 5.3 Yellow · ΔE 18 Goldenrod · ΔE 31 Orange · ΔE 35 Yellow green · ΔE 40.6 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 42.9

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 5.31, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#001FFF

Analogous#FF6000, #9FFF00

Triadic#00FFE0, #E000FF

Split complementary#009EFF, #6100FF

Tetradic#00FF60, #001FFF, #FF009E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFF9CC

Lighter +30%#FFF399

Lighter +20%#FFEC66

Lighter +10%#FFE633

Darker −10%#CCB300

Darker −20%#998600

Darker −30%#665A00

Darker −40%#332D00

More saturated +25%#FFE000

Less saturated −25%#DFC820

Channel breakdown

R255

G224

Red255 (100%)

Green224 (87.8%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue52.71°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness50%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G E0 · B 00

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Colour values

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