Colour

#FFE70E

#FFE70E
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FFE70E is a yellow with RGB values 255, 231, 14 and HSL 54°, 100%, 53%. 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

#FFE70E#FFE70E

HEX#FFE70E

RGBrgb(255, 231, 14)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.9059, 0.0549

RGB percentages100%, 90.6%, 5.5%

HSLhsl(54, 100%, 52.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(54, 94.5%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 9.4%, 94.5%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,770,830

CSS custom property--colour: #FFE70E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.78444WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness225.4 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#0018F1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FEE000no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFE92Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD5C5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 78.7 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 Yellow · ΔE 14.4 Goldenrod · ΔE 33.9 Orange · ΔE 38.7 Yellow green · ΔE 38.7 Green yellow · ΔE 43.2

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 9.05, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0E26FF

Analogous#FF6F0E, #9EFF0E

Triadic#0EFFE7, #E70EFF

Split complementary#0E9EFF, #6F0EFF

Tetradic#0EFF6F, #0E26FF, #FF0E9E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFBDA

Lighter +30%#FFF6A7

Lighter +20%#FFF174

Lighter +10%#FFEC41

Darker −10%#DAC400

Darker −20%#A79600

Darker −30%#746800

Darker −40%#413B00

More saturated +25%#FFE70E

Less saturated −25%#E1CF2C

Channel breakdown

R255

G231

B14

Red255 (100%)

Green231 (90.6%)

Blue14 (5.5%)

Hue54.02°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness52.75%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G E7 · B 0E

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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