Colour

#FFE002

#FFE002
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FFE002 is a yellow with RGB values 255, 224, 2 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

#FFE002#FFE002

HEX#FFE002

RGBrgb(255, 224, 2)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.8784, 0.0078

RGB percentages100%, 87.8%, 0.8%

HSLhsl(52.6, 100%, 50.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.6, 99.2%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 12.2%, 99.2%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,769,026

CSS custom property--colour: #FFE002;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74576WCAG 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 15.92:1

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

Contrast with black15.92:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7

Inverted#001FFD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F8DA00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFE528no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original

Tritanopia#FFCEBFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 77.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

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

Contrast with black, large text15.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 5.2 Yellow · ΔE 18.1 Goldenrod · ΔE 30.9 Orange · ΔE 34.9 Yellow green · ΔE 40.5 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 42.8

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 5.25, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0221FF

Analogous#FF6102, #A0FF02

Triadic#02FFE0, #E002FF

Split complementary#02A0FF, #6102FF

Tetradic#02FF61, #0221FF, #FF02A0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFF9CE

Lighter +30%#FFF39B

Lighter +20%#FFEC68

Lighter +10%#FFE635

Darker −10%#CEB500

Darker −20%#9B8800

Darker −30%#685B00

Darker −40%#352F00

More saturated +25%#FFE002

Less saturated −25%#DFC822

Channel breakdown

R255

G224

Red255 (100%)

Green224 (87.8%)

Blue2 (0.8%)

Hue52.65°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness50.39%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G E0 · B 02

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Colour values

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