Colour

#FFE310

#FFE310
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FFE310 is a yellow with RGB values 255, 227, 16 and HSL 53°, 100%, 53%. 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

#FFE310#FFE310

HEX#FFE310

RGBrgb(255, 227, 16)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.8902, 0.0627

RGB percentages100%, 89%, 6.3%

HSLhsl(53, 100%, 53.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(53, 93.7%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 11%, 93.7%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,769,808

CSS custom property--colour: #FFE310;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.76236WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness223 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#DADADA

Inverted#001CEF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FADC00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFE72Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD1C2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 77.6 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 6.7 Yellow · ΔE 16.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 31.7 Orange · ΔE 36.3 Yellow green · ΔE 39.3 Khaki · ΔE 43

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 6.68, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#102CFF

Analogous#FF6C10, #A3FF10

Triadic#10FFE3, #E310FF

Split complementary#10A3FF, #6C10FF

Tetradic#10FF6C, #102CFF, #FF10A3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFBDC

Lighter +30%#FFF5A9

Lighter +20%#FFEF76

Lighter +10%#FFE943

Darker −10%#DCC200

Darker −20%#A99500

Darker −30%#766800

Darker −40%#433B00

More saturated +25%#FFE310

Less saturated −25%#E1CC2E

Channel breakdown

R255

G227

B16

Red255 (100%)

Green227 (89%)

Blue16 (6.3%)

Hue52.97°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness53.14%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G E3 · B 10

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