Colour

#FFE86D

#FFE86D
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FFE86D is a yellow with RGB values 255, 232, 109 and HSL 51°, 100%, 71%. 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

#FFE86D#FFE86D

HEX#FFE86D

RGBrgb(255, 232, 109)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.9098, 0.4275

RGB percentages100%, 91%, 42.7%

HSLhsl(50.5, 100%, 71.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.5, 57.3%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 9%, 57.3%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,771,181

CSS custom property--colour: #FFE86D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.80077WCAG 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 17.02:1

Contrast with white1.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E4E4E4

Inverted#001792

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FCE260no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFEB73no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD9CDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.23:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 16.7 Gold · ΔE 26.5 Goldenrod · ΔE 26.9 Dark khaki · ΔE 28.9 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 30.6 Navajo white · ΔE 35.1

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 16.75, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6D84FF

Analogous#FF9F6D, #CDFF6D

Triadic#6DFFE8, #E86DFF

Split complementary#6DCDFF, #9F6DFF

Tetradic#6DFF9F, #6D84FF, #FF6DCD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFF8D3

Lighter +10%#FFF0A0

Darker −10%#FFE03A

Darker −20%#FFD807

Darker −30%#D3B200

Darker −40%#A08700

More saturated +25%#FFE86D

Less saturated −25%#EDDB7F

Channel breakdown

R255

G232

B109

Red255 (100%)

Green232 (91%)

Blue109 (42.7%)

Hue50.55°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness71.37%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G E8 · B 6D

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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