Colour

#FFE775

#FFE775
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FFE775 is a yellow with RGB values 255, 231, 117 and HSL 50°, 100%, 73%. 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

#FFE775#FFE775

HEX#FFE775

RGBrgb(255, 231, 117)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.9059, 0.4588

RGB percentages100%, 90.6%, 45.9%

HSLhsl(49.6, 100%, 72.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.6, 54.1%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 9.4%, 54.1%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,770,933

CSS custom property--colour: #FFE775;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.79696WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness228.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.94:1

Contrast with white1.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E4E4E4

Inverted#00188A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FAE26Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFEA7Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD9CDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.24:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 13.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 26.1 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 26.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 27.4 Gold · ΔE 30 Navajo white · ΔE 31.2

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 13.22, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#758DFF

Analogous#FFA275, #D2FF75

Triadic#75FFE7, #E775FF

Split complementary#75D2FF, #A275FF

Tetradic#75FFA2, #758DFF, #FF75D2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFF9DB

Lighter +10%#FFF0A8

Darker −10%#FFDE42

Darker −20%#FFD50F

Darker −30%#DBB500

Darker −40%#A88B00

More saturated +25%#FFE775

Less saturated −25%#EEDC86

Channel breakdown

R255

G231

B117

Red255 (100%)

Green231 (90.6%)

Blue117 (45.9%)

Hue49.57°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness72.94%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G E7 · B 75

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