Colour

#FFE527

#FFE527
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FFE527 is a yellow with RGB values 255, 229, 39 and HSL 53°, 100%, 58%. 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

#FFE527#FFE527

HEX#FFE527

RGBrgb(255, 229, 39)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.898, 0.1529

RGB percentages100%, 89.8%, 15.3%

HSLhsl(52.8, 100%, 57.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.8, 84.7%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 10.2%, 84.7%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,770,343

CSS custom property--colour: #FFE527;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77445WCAG 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 16.49:1

Contrast with white1.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.49:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DDDDDD

Inverted#001AD8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FCDE00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFE839no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD3C4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 74.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.27:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.49:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 7.8 Yellow · ΔE 17.7 Goldenrod · ΔE 30.5 Orange · ΔE 36.4 Yellow green · ΔE 37.4 Khaki · ΔE 39.7

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 7.83, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2741FF

Analogous#FF7927, #ADFF27

Triadic#27FFE5, #E527FF

Split complementary#27ADFF, #7927FF

Tetradic#27FF79, #2741FF, #FF27AD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFEF3

Lighter +30%#FFF7C0

Lighter +20%#FFF18D

Lighter +10%#FFEB5A

Darker −10%#F3D600

Darker −20%#C0A900

Darker −30%#8D7C00

Darker −40%#5A4F00

More saturated +25%#FFE527

Less saturated −25%#E4D042

Channel breakdown

R255

G229

B39

Red255 (100%)

Green229 (89.8%)

Blue39 (15.3%)

Hue52.78°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness57.65%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G E5 · B 27

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Colour values

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