Colour

#FFE689

#FFE689
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FFE689 is a yellow with RGB values 255, 230, 137 and HSL 47°, 100%, 77%. 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

#FFE689#FFE689

HEX#FFE689

RGBrgb(255, 230, 137)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.902, 0.5373

RGB percentages100%, 90.2%, 53.7%

HSLhsl(47.3, 100%, 76.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(47.3, 46.3%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 9.8%, 46.3%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,770,697

CSS custom property--colour: #FFE689;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7966WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness229.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.93:1

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

Contrast with black16.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E5E5E5

Inverted#001976

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F7E281no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original

Deuteranopia#FEEA8Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD9D0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.8 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 text16.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 6.6 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 17.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 20.9 Navajo white · ΔE 21.5 Moccasin · ΔE 22.6 Wheat · ΔE 24.8

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 6.57, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#89A2FF

Analogous#FFAB89, #DDFF89

Triadic#89FFE6, #E689FF

Split complementary#89DDFF, #AB89FF

Tetradic#89FFAB, #89A2FF, #FF89DD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFCEF

Lighter +10%#FFF1BC

Darker −10%#FFDB56

Darker −20%#FFD023

Darker −30%#EFBC00

Darker −40%#BC9400

More saturated +25%#FFE689

Less saturated −25%#F0DD98

Channel breakdown

R255

G230

B137

Red255 (100%)

Green230 (90.2%)

Blue137 (53.7%)

Hue47.29°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness76.86%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G E6 · B 89

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