Colour

#FFE300

#FFE300
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FFE300 is a yellow with RGB values 255, 227, 0 and HSL 53°, 100%, 50%. 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

#FFE300#FFE300

HEX#FFE300

RGBrgb(255, 227, 0)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.8902, 0

RGB percentages100%, 89%, 0%

HSLhsl(53.4, 100%, 50%)

HSV / HSBhsv(53.4, 100%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 11%, 100%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,769,792

CSS custom property--colour: #FFE300;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.76198WCAG 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 16.24:1

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

Contrast with black16.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9

Inverted#001CFF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FBDC00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFE728no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD1C1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 78.4 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 text16.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 7.1 Yellow · ΔE 16.2 Goldenrod · ΔE 32.5 Orange · ΔE 36.7 Yellow green · ΔE 40 Khaki · ΔE 44.3

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 7.07, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#001CFF

Analogous#FF6300, #9CFF00

Triadic#00FFE3, #E300FF

Split complementary#009CFF, #6300FF

Tetradic#00FF63, #001CFF, #FF009C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFF9CC

Lighter +30%#FFF499

Lighter +20%#FFEE66

Lighter +10%#FFE933

Darker −10%#CCB600

Darker −20%#998800

Darker −30%#665B00

Darker −40%#332D00

More saturated +25%#FFE300

Less saturated −25%#DFCA20

Channel breakdown

R255

G227

Red255 (100%)

Green227 (89%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue53.41°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness50%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G E3 · B 00

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