Colour
#FFE208
- #FFE208
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Gold
#FFE208 is a yellow with RGB values 255, 226, 8 and HSL 53°, 100%, 52%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.
Colour values
#FFE208#FFE208
HEX#FFE208
RGBrgb(255, 226, 8)
RGB (0–1)1, 0.8863, 0.0314
RGB percentages100%, 88.6%, 3.1%
HSLhsl(53, 100%, 51.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(53, 96.9%, 100%)
CMYK0%, 11.4%, 96.9%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,769,544
CSS custom property--colour: #FFE208;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.7567WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness222.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.13:1
Contrast with white1.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8
Inverted#001DF7
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.3:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.13:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#0825FF
Analogous#FF6708, #A1FF08
Triadic#08FFE2, #E208FF
Split complementary#08A1FF, #6608FF
Tetradic#08FF66, #0825FF, #FF08A1
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R255
G226
B8
Red255 (100%)
Green226 (88.6%)
Blue8 (3.1%)
Hue52.96°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness51.57%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FF · G E2 · B 08
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