Colour

#FFE71F

#FFE71F
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FFE71F is a yellow with RGB values 255, 231, 31 and HSL 54°, 100%, 56%. 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

#FFE71F#FFE71F

HEX#FFE71F

RGBrgb(255, 231, 31)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.9059, 0.1216

RGB percentages100%, 90.6%, 12.2%

HSLhsl(53.6, 100%, 56.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(53.6, 87.8%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 9.4%, 87.8%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,770,847

CSS custom property--colour: #FFE71F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.78511WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness225.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.7:1

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

Contrast with black16.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE

Inverted#0018E0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FEE000no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFE935no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD5C5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 76.5 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 text16.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 8.7 Yellow · ΔE 15.6 Goldenrod · ΔE 32.5 Yellow green · ΔE 37.7 Orange · ΔE 38 Khaki · ΔE 41.7

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 8.7, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1F37FF

Analogous#FF771F, #A7FF1F

Triadic#1FFFE7, #E71FFF

Split complementary#1FA7FF, #771FFF

Tetradic#1FFF77, #1F37FF, #FF1FA7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFDEB

Lighter +30%#FFF7B8

Lighter +20%#FFF285

Lighter +10%#FFEC52

Darker −10%#EBD200

Darker −20%#B8A400

Darker −30%#857700

Darker −40%#524900

More saturated +25%#FFE71F

Less saturated −25%#E3D13B

Channel breakdown

R255

G231

B31

Red255 (100%)

Green231 (90.6%)

Blue31 (12.2%)

Hue53.57°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness56.08%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G E7 · B 1F

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Colour values

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Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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