Colour

#FFE68D

#FFE68D
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FFE68D is a yellow with RGB values 255, 230, 141 and HSL 47°, 100%, 78%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#FFE68D#FFE68D

HEX#FFE68D

RGBrgb(255, 230, 141)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.902, 0.5529

RGB percentages100%, 90.2%, 55.3%

HSLhsl(46.8, 100%, 77.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(46.8, 44.7%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 9.8%, 44.7%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,770,701

CSS custom property--colour: #FFE68D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.79777WCAG 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 16.96:1

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

Contrast with black16.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E5E5E5

Inverted#001972

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F7E286no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#FEEA90no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD9D0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.9 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 text16.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 6.2 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 16 Navajo white · ΔE 19.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 20.3 Moccasin · ΔE 20.7 Wheat · ΔE 22.9

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 6.25, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8DA6FF

Analogous#FFAD8D, #DFFF8D

Triadic#8DFFE6, #E68DFF

Split complementary#8DDFFF, #AD8DFF

Tetradic#8DFFAD, #8DA6FF, #FF8DDF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFCF3

Lighter +10%#FFF1C0

Darker −10%#FFDB5A

Darker −20%#FFD027

Darker −30%#F3BE00

Darker −40%#C09600

More saturated +25%#FFE68D

Less saturated −25%#F1DE9B

Channel breakdown

R255

G230

B141

Red255 (100%)

Green230 (90.2%)

Blue141 (55.3%)

Hue46.84°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness77.65%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G E6 · B 8D

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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