Recognised as Colour

#FFE02F

#FFE02F
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FFE02F is a yellow with RGB values 255, 224, 47 and HSL 51°, 100%, 59%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#FFE02F#FFE02F

HEX#FFE02F

RGBrgb(255, 224, 47)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.8784, 0.1843

RGB percentages100%, 87.8%, 18.4%

HSLhsl(51.1, 100%, 59.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.1, 81.6%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 12.2%, 81.6%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,769,071

CSS custom property--colour: #FFE02F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74777WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness221.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.96:1

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

Contrast with black15.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DADADA

Inverted#001FD0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F7DA00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFE53Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original

Tritanopia#FFCEC0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 71.5 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 text15.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 7 Yellow · ΔE 21.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 26.7 Orange · ΔE 33.1 Khaki · ΔE 36.9 Yellow green · ΔE 37.9

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 7, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2F4EFF

Analogous#FF782F, #B6FF2F

Triadic#2FFFE0, #E02FFF

Split complementary#2FB6FF, #782FFF

Tetradic#2FFF78, #2F4EFF, #FF2FB6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFEFB

Lighter +30%#FFF7C8

Lighter +20%#FFEF95

Lighter +10%#FFE862

Darker −10%#FBD600

Darker −20%#C8AA00

Darker −30%#957F00

Darker −40%#625300

More saturated +25%#FFE02F

Less saturated −25%#E5CE49

Channel breakdown

R255

G224

B47

Red255 (100%)

Green224 (87.8%)

Blue47 (18.4%)

Hue51.06°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness59.22%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G E0 · B 2F

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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