Colour

#FFE864

#FFE864
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FFE864 is a yellow with RGB values 255, 232, 100 and HSL 51°, 100%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#FFE864#FFE864

HEX#FFE864

RGBrgb(255, 232, 100)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.9098, 0.3922

RGB percentages100%, 91%, 39.2%

HSLhsl(51.1, 100%, 69.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.1, 60.8%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 9%, 60.8%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,771,172

CSS custom property--colour: #FFE864;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.79893WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness228.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.98:1

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

Contrast with black16.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E3E3E3

Inverted#00179B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FCE255no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFEB6Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD9CCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 57.2 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 text16.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 20.5 Gold · ΔE 22.9 Goldenrod · ΔE 26.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 31.8 Yellow · ΔE 32.9 Yellow green · ΔE 34.2

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 20.47, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#647BFF

Analogous#FF9A64, #C8FF64

Triadic#64FFE8, #E864FF

Split complementary#64C8FF, #9A64FF

Tetradic#64FF9B, #647BFF, #FF64C9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFD

Lighter +20%#FFF7CA

Lighter +10%#FFF097

Darker −10%#FFE031

Darker −20%#FDD700

Darker −30%#CAAC00

Darker −40%#978100

More saturated +25%#FFE864

Less saturated −25%#ECDA77

Channel breakdown

R255

G232

B100

Red255 (100%)

Green232 (91%)

Blue100 (39.2%)

Hue51.1°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness69.61%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G E8 · B 64

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