Colour

#FFE52B

#FFE52B
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FFE52B is a yellow with RGB values 255, 229, 43 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

#FFE52B#FFE52B

HEX#FFE52B

RGBrgb(255, 229, 43)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.898, 0.1686

RGB percentages100%, 89.8%, 16.9%

HSLhsl(52.6, 100%, 58.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.6, 83.1%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 10.2%, 83.1%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,770,347

CSS custom property--colour: #FFE52B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77473WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness224.6 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#001AD4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FCDE00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFE83Cno 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 73.8 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 8.1 Yellow · ΔE 18.2 Goldenrod · ΔE 30 Orange · ΔE 36.2 Yellow green · ΔE 37 Khaki · ΔE 38.8

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 8.08, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2B45FF

Analogous#FF7B2B, #AFFF2B

Triadic#2BFFE5, #E52BFF

Split complementary#2BAFFF, #7B2BFF

Tetradic#2BFF7B, #2B45FF, #FF2BAF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFEF7

Lighter +30%#FFF8C4

Lighter +20%#FFF291

Lighter +10%#FFEB5E

Darker −10%#F7D900

Darker −20%#C4AC00

Darker −30%#917F00

Darker −40%#5E5200

More saturated +25%#FFE52B

Less saturated −25%#E5D146

Channel breakdown

R255

G229

B43

Red255 (100%)

Green229 (89.8%)

Blue43 (16.9%)

Hue52.64°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness58.43%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G E5 · B 2B

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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