Colour

#FFE020

#FFE020
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FFE020 is a yellow with RGB values 255, 224, 32 and HSL 52°, 100%, 56%. 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

#FFE020#FFE020

HEX#FFE020

RGBrgb(255, 224, 32)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.8784, 0.1255

RGB percentages100%, 87.8%, 12.5%

HSLhsl(51.7, 100%, 56.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.7, 87.5%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 12.2%, 87.5%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,769,056

CSS custom property--colour: #FFE020;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74676WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness221.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.94:1

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

Contrast with black15.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9

Inverted#001FDF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F7DA00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFE534no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FFCEC0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 74.7 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 text15.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 5.2 Yellow · ΔE 19.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 28.6 Orange · ΔE 33.8 Yellow green · ΔE 39 Khaki · ΔE 40.2

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 5.2, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#203FFF

Analogous#FF7020, #AFFF20

Triadic#20FFE0, #E020FF

Split complementary#20AFFF, #7020FF

Tetradic#20FF70, #203FFF, #FF20AF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFCEC

Lighter +30%#FFF5B9

Lighter +20%#FFEE86

Lighter +10%#FFE753

Darker −10%#ECCB00

Darker −20%#B99F00

Darker −30%#867300

Darker −40%#534700

More saturated +25%#FFE020

Less saturated −25%#E3CC3C

Channel breakdown

R255

G224

B32

Red255 (100%)

Green224 (87.8%)

Blue32 (12.5%)

Hue51.66°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness56.27%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G E0 · B 20

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Colour values

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