Colour

#FFE43C

#FFE43C
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FFE43C is a yellow with RGB values 255, 228, 60 and HSL 52°, 100%, 62%. 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

#FFE43C#FFE43C

HEX#FFE43C

RGBrgb(255, 228, 60)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.8941, 0.2353

RGB percentages100%, 89.4%, 23.5%

HSLhsl(51.7, 100%, 61.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.7, 76.5%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 10.6%, 76.5%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,770,108

CSS custom property--colour: #FFE43C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77073WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness224.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.41:1

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

Contrast with black16.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE

Inverted#001BC3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FADE13no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFE848no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD3C4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 69 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 text16.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 10.3 Yellow · ΔE 22.1 Goldenrod · ΔE 27.2 Khaki · ΔE 34.1 Orange · ΔE 34.9 Yellow green · ΔE 35.9

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 10.35, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3C57FF

Analogous#FF833C, #B8FF3C

Triadic#3CFFE4, #E43CFF

Split complementary#3CB8FF, #823CFF

Tetradic#3CFF83, #3C57FF, #FF3CB9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFF9D5

Lighter +20%#FFF2A2

Lighter +10%#FFEB6F

Darker −10%#FFDD09

Darker −20%#D5B800

Darker −30%#A28C00

Darker −40%#6F6000

More saturated +25%#FFE43C

Less saturated −25%#E7D254

Channel breakdown

R255

G228

B60

Red255 (100%)

Green228 (89.4%)

Blue60 (23.5%)

Hue51.69°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness61.76%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G E4 · B 3C

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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