Recognised as Colour

#FFE50D

#FFE50D
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FFE50D is a yellow with RGB values 255, 229, 13 and HSL 54°, 100%, 53%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#FFE50D#FFE50D

HEX#FFE50D

RGBrgb(255, 229, 13)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.898, 0.051

RGB percentages100%, 89.8%, 5.1%

HSLhsl(53.6, 100%, 52.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(53.6, 94.9%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 10.2%, 94.9%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,770,317

CSS custom property--colour: #FFE50D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77328WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness224.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.47:1

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

Contrast with black16.47:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DBDBDB

Inverted#001AF2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FCDE00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFE82Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD3C3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 78.1 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 text16.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 7.9 Yellow · ΔE 15.5 Goldenrod · ΔE 32.9 Orange · ΔE 37.5 Yellow green · ΔE 39.1 Khaki · ΔE 43.6

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 7.91, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0D27FF

Analogous#FF6C0D, #A0FF0D

Triadic#0DFFE5, #E50DFF

Split complementary#0DA0FF, #6C0DFF

Tetradic#0DFF6C, #0D27FF, #FF0DA0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFBD9

Lighter +30%#FFF5A6

Lighter +20%#FFF073

Lighter +10%#FFEA40

Darker −10%#D9C200

Darker −20%#A69400

Darker −30%#736700

Darker −40%#403900

More saturated +25%#FFE50D

Less saturated −25%#E1CD2B

Channel breakdown

R255

G229

B13

Red255 (100%)

Green229 (89.8%)

Blue13 (5.1%)

Hue53.55°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness52.55%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G E5 · B 0D

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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