Colour

#FFE648

#FFE648
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FFE648 is a yellow with RGB values 255, 230, 72 and HSL 52°, 100%, 64%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#FFE648#FFE648

HEX#FFE648

RGBrgb(255, 230, 72)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.902, 0.2824

RGB percentages100%, 90.2%, 28.2%

HSLhsl(51.8, 100%, 64.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.8, 71.8%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 9.8%, 71.8%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,770,632

CSS custom property--colour: #FFE648;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.78322WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness226 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.66:1

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

Contrast with black16.66:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E0E0E0

Inverted#0019B7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FCE02Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFE952no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD5C7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 66.4 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 text16.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 13.6 Yellow · ΔE 24.2 Goldenrod · ΔE 26.8 Khaki · ΔE 30.6 Yellow green · ΔE 34.6 Orange · ΔE 35.7

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 13.59, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4861FF

Analogous#FF8A48, #BDFF48

Triadic#48FFE6, #E648FF

Split complementary#48BCFF, #8B48FF

Tetradic#48FF8B, #4861FF, #FF48BC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFBE1

Lighter +20%#FFF4AE

Lighter +10%#FFED7B

Darker −10%#FFDF15

Darker −20%#E1C200

Darker −30%#AE9600

Darker −40%#7B6A00

More saturated +25%#FFE648

Less saturated −25%#E8D55F

Channel breakdown

R255

G230

B72

Red255 (100%)

Green230 (90.2%)

Blue72 (28.2%)

Hue51.8°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness64.12%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G E6 · B 48

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