Colour
#FFE756
- #FFE756
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Gold
#FFE756 is a yellow with RGB values 255, 231, 86 and HSL 51°, 100%, 67%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.
Colour values
#FFE756#FFE756
HEX#FFE756
RGBrgb(255, 231, 86)
RGB (0–1)1, 0.9059, 0.3373
RGB percentages100%, 90.6%, 33.7%
HSLhsl(51.5, 100%, 66.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.5, 66.3%, 100%)
CMYK0%, 9.4%, 66.3%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,770,902
CSS custom property--colour: #FFE756;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.79084WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness227.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.82:1
Contrast with white1.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E2E2E2
Inverted#0018A9
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.25:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.82:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#566EFF
Analogous#FF9256, #C3FF56
Triadic#56FFE7, #E756FF
Split complementary#56C3FF, #9256FF
Tetradic#56FF93, #566EFF, #FF56C3
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R255
G231
B86
Red255 (100%)
Green231 (90.6%)
Blue86 (33.7%)
Hue51.48°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness66.86%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FF · G E7 · B 56
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