Colour

#FFE595

#FFE595
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FFE595 is a yellow with RGB values 255, 229, 149 and HSL 45°, 100%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#FFE595#FFE595

HEX#FFE595

RGBrgb(255, 229, 149)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.898, 0.5843

RGB percentages100%, 89.8%, 58.4%

HSLhsl(45.3, 100%, 79.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(45.3, 41.6%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 10.2%, 41.6%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,770,453

CSS custom property--colour: #FFE595;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.79469WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness229.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.89:1

Contrast with white1.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.89:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E5E5E5

Inverted#001A6A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F5E28Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#FCEA98no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD9D1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.24:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 7.9 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 12.6 Navajo white · ΔE 15.3 Moccasin · ΔE 16.4 Wheat · ΔE 18.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 19.6

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 7.86, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#95AFFF

Analogous#FFB095, #E4FF95

Triadic#95FFE5, #E595FF

Split complementary#95E4FF, #B095FF

Tetradic#95FFB0, #95AFFF, #FF95E4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFEFB

Lighter +10%#FFF2C8

Darker −10%#FFD862

Darker −20%#FFCC2F

Darker −30%#FBBD00

Darker −40%#C89700

More saturated +25%#FFE595

Less saturated −25%#F2DEA2

Channel breakdown

R255

G229

B149

Red255 (100%)

Green229 (89.8%)

Blue149 (58.4%)

Hue45.28°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness79.22%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G E5 · B 95

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Colour values

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