Colour

#FFE230

#FFE230
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FFE230 is a yellow with RGB values 255, 226, 48 and HSL 52°, 100%, 59%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#FFE230#FFE230

HEX#FFE230

RGBrgb(255, 226, 48)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.8863, 0.1882

RGB percentages100%, 88.6%, 18.8%

HSLhsl(51.6, 100%, 59.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.6, 81.2%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 11.4%, 81.2%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,769,584

CSS custom property--colour: #FFE230;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75866WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness222.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.17:1

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

Contrast with black16.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DBDBDB

Inverted#001DCF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F9DC00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFE63Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD0C2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 72 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 text16.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 7.6 Yellow · ΔE 20.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 27.7 Orange · ΔE 34.2 Khaki · ΔE 37 Yellow green · ΔE 37.3

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 7.63, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#304DFF

Analogous#FF7B30, #B4FF30

Triadic#30FFE2, #E230FF

Split complementary#30B4FF, #7B30FF

Tetradic#30FF7B, #304DFF, #FF30B4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFC

Lighter +30%#FFF7C9

Lighter +20%#FFF096

Lighter +10%#FFE963

Darker −10%#FCD900

Darker −20%#C9AD00

Darker −30%#968100

Darker −40%#635500

More saturated +25%#FFE230

Less saturated −25%#E5CF4A

Channel breakdown

R255

G226

B48

Red255 (100%)

Green226 (88.6%)

Blue48 (18.8%)

Hue51.59°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness59.41%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G E2 · B 30

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