Colour

#FFE251

#FFE251
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FFE251 is a yellow with RGB values 255, 226, 81 and HSL 50°, 100%, 66%. 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

#FFE251#FFE251

HEX#FFE251

RGBrgb(255, 226, 81)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.8863, 0.3176

RGB percentages100%, 88.6%, 31.8%

HSLhsl(50, 100%, 65.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50, 68.2%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 11.4%, 68.2%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,769,617

CSS custom property--colour: #FFE251;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.76247WCAG 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 16.25:1

Contrast with white1.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE

Inverted#001DAE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F8DD3Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFE759no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD2C5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 62.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.29:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 16.5 Goldenrod · ΔE 23.8 Khaki · ΔE 26.6 Yellow · ΔE 29.1 Orange · ΔE 33.9 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 35.4

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 16.48, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#516EFF

Analogous#FF8B51, #C5FF51

Triadic#51FFE2, #E251FF

Split complementary#51C5FF, #8B51FF

Tetradic#51FF8B, #516EFF, #FF51C5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFBEA

Lighter +20%#FFF3B7

Lighter +10%#FFEB84

Darker −10%#FFDA1E

Darker −20%#EAC300

Darker −30%#B79900

Darker −40%#846E00

More saturated +25%#FFE251

Less saturated −25%#E9D367

Channel breakdown

R255

G226

B81

Red255 (100%)

Green226 (88.6%)

Blue81 (31.8%)

Hue50°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness65.88%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G E2 · B 51

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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