Colour

#FFE56E

#FFE56E
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FFE56E is a yellow with RGB values 255, 229, 110 and HSL 49°, 100%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#FFE56E#FFE56E

HEX#FFE56E

RGBrgb(255, 229, 110)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.898, 0.4314

RGB percentages100%, 89.8%, 43.1%

HSLhsl(49.2, 100%, 71.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.2, 56.9%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 10.2%, 56.9%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,770,414

CSS custom property--colour: #FFE56E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.78424WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness227.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.68:1

Contrast with white1.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E2E2E2

Inverted#001A91

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F9E062no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFE973no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD6CAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.26:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 15.7 Goldenrod · ΔE 25.8 Gold · ΔE 27.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 27.6 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 29.3 Navajo white · ΔE 33.4

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 15.73, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6E88FF

Analogous#FF9C6E, #D1FF6E

Triadic#6EFFE5, #E56EFF

Split complementary#6ED0FF, #9D6EFF

Tetradic#6EFF9C, #6E88FF, #FF6ED0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFF7D4

Lighter +10%#FFEEA1

Darker −10%#FFDC3B

Darker −20%#FFD308

Darker −30%#D4AE00

Darker −40%#A18400

More saturated +25%#FFE56E

Less saturated −25%#EDD980

Channel breakdown

R255

G229

B110

Red255 (100%)

Green229 (89.8%)

Blue110 (43.1%)

Hue49.24°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness71.57%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G E5 · B 6E

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