Colour

#FFE802

#FFE802
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FFE802 is a yellow with RGB values 255, 232, 2 and HSL 55°, 100%, 50%. 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

#FFE802#FFE802

HEX#FFE802

RGBrgb(255, 232, 2)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.9098, 0.0078

RGB percentages100%, 91%, 0.8%

HSLhsl(54.5, 100%, 50.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(54.5, 99.2%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 9%, 99.2%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,771,074

CSS custom property--colour: #FFE802;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.78978WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness225.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.8:1

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

Contrast with black16.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DCDCDC

Inverted#0017FD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFE000no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFEA2Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD6C6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 80 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 text16.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 9.9 Yellow · ΔE 13.4 Goldenrod · ΔE 35 Yellow green · ΔE 39.1 Orange · ΔE 39.6 Green yellow · ΔE 42.9

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 9.94, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0219FF

Analogous#FF6A02, #97FF02

Triadic#02FFE8, #E802FF

Split complementary#0298FF, #6902FF

Tetradic#02FF6A, #0219FF, #FF0298

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFBCE

Lighter +30%#FFF69B

Lighter +20%#FFF168

Lighter +10%#FFED35

Darker −10%#CEBB00

Darker −20%#9B8D00

Darker −30%#685F00

Darker −40%#353000

More saturated +25%#FFE802

Less saturated −25%#DFCE22

Channel breakdown

R255

G232

Red255 (100%)

Green232 (91%)

Blue2 (0.8%)

Hue54.55°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness50.39%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G E8 · B 02

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Colour values

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