Colour

#FFE15E

#FFE15E
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FFE15E is a yellow with RGB values 255, 225, 94 and HSL 49°, 100%, 68%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#FFE15E#FFE15E

HEX#FFE15E

RGBrgb(255, 225, 94)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.8824, 0.3686

RGB percentages100%, 88.2%, 36.9%

HSLhsl(48.8, 100%, 68.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.8, 63.1%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 11.8%, 63.1%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,769,374

CSS custom property--colour: #FFE15E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75919WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness224 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.18:1

Contrast with white1.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE

Inverted#001EA1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F6DC4Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#FEE665no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD1C5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 57 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.3:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 21.5 Gold · ΔE 21.5 Goldenrod · ΔE 23 Dark khaki · ΔE 31.6 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 33.8 Yellow · ΔE 34.2

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 21.48, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5E7CFF

Analogous#FF915E, #CDFF5E

Triadic#5EFFE1, #E15EFF

Split complementary#5ECCFF, #915EFF

Tetradic#5EFF91, #5E7CFF, #FF5ECC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFEF7

Lighter +20%#FFF4C4

Lighter +10%#FFEB91

Darker −10%#FFD72B

Darker −20%#F7C900

Darker −30%#C49F00

Darker −40%#917600

More saturated +25%#FFE15E

Less saturated −25%#EBD472

Channel breakdown

R255

G225

B94

Red255 (100%)

Green225 (88.2%)

Blue94 (36.9%)

Hue48.82°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness68.43%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G E1 · B 5E

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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