Colour

#FFE762

#FFE762
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FFE762 is a yellow with RGB values 255, 231, 98 and HSL 51°, 100%, 69%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#FFE762#FFE762

HEX#FFE762

RGBrgb(255, 231, 98)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.9059, 0.3843

RGB percentages100%, 90.6%, 38.4%

HSLhsl(50.8, 100%, 69.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.8, 61.6%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 9.4%, 61.6%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,770,914

CSS custom property--colour: #FFE762;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.79294WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness227.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.86:1

Contrast with white1.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E2E2E2

Inverted#00189D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FBE153no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFEA69no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD8CBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 57.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.25:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 21 Gold · ΔE 22.3 Goldenrod · ΔE 25.9 Dark khaki · ΔE 32.2 Yellow · ΔE 32.6 Yellow green · ΔE 34.4

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 21.04, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#627AFF

Analogous#FF9862, #C9FF62

Triadic#62FFE7, #E762FF

Split complementary#62C9FF, #9962FF

Tetradic#62FF99, #627AFF, #FF62C9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFEFB

Lighter +20%#FFF7C8

Lighter +10%#FFEF95

Darker −10%#FFDF2F

Darker −20%#FBD500

Darker −30%#C8A900

Darker −40%#957E00

More saturated +25%#FFE762

Less saturated −25%#EBD976

Channel breakdown

R255

G231

B98

Red255 (100%)

Green231 (90.6%)

Blue98 (38.4%)

Hue50.83°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness69.22%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G E7 · B 62

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