Colour

#FFE42F

#FFE42F
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FFE42F is a yellow with RGB values 255, 228, 47 and HSL 52°, 100%, 59%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#FFE42F#FFE42F

HEX#FFE42F

RGBrgb(255, 228, 47)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.8941, 0.1843

RGB percentages100%, 89.4%, 18.4%

HSLhsl(52.2, 100%, 59.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.2, 81.6%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 10.6%, 81.6%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,770,095

CSS custom property--colour: #FFE42F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.76952WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness224.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.39:1

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

Contrast with black16.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DDDDDD

Inverted#001BD0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FBDE00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFE83Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD2C4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 73 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 text16.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 8.1 Yellow · ΔE 19.4 Goldenrod · ΔE 28.9 Orange · ΔE 35.4 Yellow green · ΔE 36.9 Khaki · ΔE 37.7

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 8.1, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2F4AFF

Analogous#FF7C2F, #B2FF2F

Triadic#2FFFE4, #E42FFF

Split complementary#2FB2FF, #7C2FFF

Tetradic#2FFF7C, #2F4AFF, #FF2FB2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFEFB

Lighter +30%#FFF8C8

Lighter +20%#FFF195

Lighter +10%#FFEB62

Darker −10%#FBDA00

Darker −20%#C8AE00

Darker −30%#958200

Darker −40%#625500

More saturated +25%#FFE42F

Less saturated −25%#E5D149

Channel breakdown

R255

G228

B47

Red255 (100%)

Green228 (89.4%)

Blue47 (18.4%)

Hue52.21°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness59.22%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G E4 · B 2F

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Colour values

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