Colour

#FFE529

#FFE529
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FFE529 is a yellow with RGB values 255, 229, 41 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

#FFE529#FFE529

HEX#FFE529

RGBrgb(255, 229, 41)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.898, 0.1608

RGB percentages100%, 89.8%, 16.1%

HSLhsl(52.7, 100%, 58%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.7, 83.9%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 10.2%, 83.9%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,770,345

CSS custom property--colour: #FFE529;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77459WCAG 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#001AD6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FCDE00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFE83Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD3C4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 74.3 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 7.9 Yellow · ΔE 17.9 Goldenrod · ΔE 30.2 Orange · ΔE 36.3 Yellow green · ΔE 37.2 Khaki · ΔE 39.3

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 7.94, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2943FF

Analogous#FF7A29, #AEFF29

Triadic#29FFE5, #E529FF

Split complementary#29AEFF, #7A29FF

Tetradic#29FF7A, #2943FF, #FF29AE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFEF5

Lighter +30%#FFF8C2

Lighter +20%#FFF18F

Lighter +10%#FFEB5C

Darker −10%#F5D700

Darker −20%#C2AA00

Darker −30%#8F7E00

Darker −40%#5C5100

More saturated +25%#FFE529

Less saturated −25%#E4D144

Channel breakdown

R255

G229

B41

Red255 (100%)

Green229 (89.8%)

Blue41 (16.1%)

Hue52.71°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness58.04%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G E5 · B 29

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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