Recognised as Colour

#FFE34E

#FFE34E
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FFE34E is a yellow with RGB values 255, 227, 78 and HSL 51°, 100%, 65%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#FFE34E#FFE34E

HEX#FFE34E

RGBrgb(255, 227, 78)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.8902, 0.3059

RGB percentages100%, 89%, 30.6%

HSLhsl(50.5, 100%, 65.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.5, 69.4%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 11%, 69.4%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,769,870

CSS custom property--colour: #FFE34E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.76748WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness224.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.35:1

Contrast with white1.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE

Inverted#001CB1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F9DD38no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFE757no 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 63.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.28:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 15.4 Goldenrod · ΔE 24.6 Yellow · ΔE 27.6 Khaki · ΔE 27.9 Orange · ΔE 34.2 Yellow green · ΔE 35.3

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 15.38, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4E6AFF

Analogous#FF8A4E, #C3FF4E

Triadic#4EFFE3, #E34EFF

Split complementary#4EC3FF, #8B4EFF

Tetradic#4EFF8A, #4E6AFF, #FF4EC3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFBE7

Lighter +20%#FFF3B4

Lighter +10%#FFEB81

Darker −10%#FFDB1B

Darker −20%#E7C200

Darker −30%#B49800

Darker −40%#816D00

More saturated +25%#FFE34E

Less saturated −25%#E9D464

Channel breakdown

R255

G227

B78

Red255 (100%)

Green227 (89%)

Blue78 (30.6%)

Hue50.51°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness65.29%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G E3 · B 4E

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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