Colour

#FFE70A

#FFE70A
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FFE70A is a yellow with RGB values 255, 231, 10 and HSL 54°, 100%, 52%. 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

#FFE70A#FFE70A

HEX#FFE70A

RGBrgb(255, 231, 10)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.9059, 0.0392

RGB percentages100%, 90.6%, 3.9%

HSLhsl(54.1, 100%, 52%)

HSV / HSBhsv(54.1, 96.1%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 9.4%, 96.1%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,770,826

CSS custom property--colour: #FFE70A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.78434WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness225.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.69:1

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

Contrast with black16.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DCDCDC

Inverted#0018F5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FEE000no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFE92Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD5C5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 79.1 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 text16.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 9.1 Yellow · ΔE 14.2 Goldenrod · ΔE 34.1 Orange · ΔE 38.8 Yellow green · ΔE 38.9 Green yellow · ΔE 43.3

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 9.15, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0A22FF

Analogous#FF6C0A, #9DFF0A

Triadic#0AFFE7, #E70AFF

Split complementary#0A9DFF, #6C0AFF

Tetradic#0AFF6C, #0A22FF, #FF0A9D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFBD6

Lighter +30%#FFF6A3

Lighter +20%#FFF170

Lighter +10%#FFEC3D

Darker −10%#D6C100

Darker −20%#A39300

Darker −30%#706500

Darker −40%#3D3700

More saturated +25%#FFE70A

Less saturated −25%#E0CE29

Channel breakdown

R255

G231

B10

Red255 (100%)

Green231 (90.6%)

Blue10 (3.9%)

Hue54.12°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness51.96%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G E7 · B 0A

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

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