Colour

#FFE92C

#FFE92C
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FFE92C is a yellow with RGB values 255, 233, 44 and HSL 54°, 100%, 59%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#FFE92C#FFE92C

HEX#FFE92C

RGBrgb(255, 233, 44)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.9137, 0.1725

RGB percentages100%, 91.4%, 17.3%

HSLhsl(53.7, 100%, 58.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(53.7, 82.7%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 8.6%, 82.7%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,771,372

CSS custom property--colour: #FFE92C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7972WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness227 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#E0E0E0

Inverted#0016D3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFE200no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFEB3Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD8C8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 74.7 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

Gold · ΔE 9.9 Yellow · ΔE 16.1 Goldenrod · ΔE 32.1 Yellow green · ΔE 36.2 Orange · ΔE 38.4 Khaki · ΔE 39.5

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 9.95, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2C42FF

Analogous#FF802C, #ACFF2C

Triadic#2CFFE9, #E92CFF

Split complementary#2CACFF, #802CFF

Tetradic#2CFF7F, #2C42FF, #FF2CAB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFEF8

Lighter +30%#FFF9C5

Lighter +20%#FFF492

Lighter +10%#FFEE5F

Darker −10%#F8DE00

Darker −20%#C5B000

Darker −30%#928300

Darker −40%#5F5500

More saturated +25%#FFE92C

Less saturated −25%#E5D446

Channel breakdown

R255

G233

B44

Red255 (100%)

Green233 (91.4%)

Blue44 (17.3%)

Hue53.74°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness58.63%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G E9 · B 2C

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