Colour

#FFE777

#FFE777
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FFE777 is a yellow with RGB values 255, 231, 119 and HSL 49°, 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

#FFE777#FFE777

HEX#FFE777

RGBrgb(255, 231, 119)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.9059, 0.4667

RGB percentages100%, 90.6%, 46.7%

HSLhsl(49.4, 100%, 73.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.4, 53.3%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 9.4%, 53.3%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,770,935

CSS custom property--colour: #FFE777;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.79744WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness228.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.95:1

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

Contrast with black16.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E4E4E4

Inverted#001888

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FAE26Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFEA7Cno 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 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 text16.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 12.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 25.5 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 25.9 Goldenrod · ΔE 27.7 Navajo white · ΔE 30.3 Gold · ΔE 30.9

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 12.41, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#778FFF

Analogous#FFA377, #D3FF77

Triadic#77FFE7, #E777FF

Split complementary#77D3FF, #A377FF

Tetradic#77FFA3, #778FFF, #FF77D3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFF9DD

Lighter +10%#FFF0AA

Darker −10%#FFDE44

Darker −20%#FFD511

Darker −30%#DDB600

Darker −40%#AA8C00

More saturated +25%#FFE777

Less saturated −25%#EEDC88

Channel breakdown

R255

G231

B119

Red255 (100%)

Green231 (90.6%)

Blue119 (46.7%)

Hue49.41°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness73.33%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G E7 · B 77

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