Colour

#FFE956

#FFE956
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FFE956 is a yellow with RGB values 255, 233, 86 and HSL 52°, 100%, 67%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#FFE956#FFE956

HEX#FFE956

RGBrgb(255, 233, 86)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.9137, 0.3373

RGB percentages100%, 91.4%, 33.7%

HSLhsl(52.2, 100%, 66.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.2, 66.3%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 8.6%, 66.3%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,771,414

CSS custom property--colour: #FFE956;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.8021WCAG 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 17.04:1

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

Contrast with black17.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E3E3E3

Inverted#0016A9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FEE342no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFEB5Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD9CBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 62.7 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 text17.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 17.9 Khaki · ΔE 26.3 Yellow · ΔE 27.1 Goldenrod · ΔE 27.2 Yellow green · ΔE 33.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 36.8

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 17.94, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#566CFF

Analogous#FF9556, #C1FF56

Triadic#56FFE9, #E956FF

Split complementary#56C1FF, #9456FF

Tetradic#56FF95, #566CFF, #FF56C1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFDEF

Lighter +20%#FFF6BC

Lighter +10%#FFF089

Darker −10%#FFE223

Darker −20%#EFD000

Darker −30%#BCA400

Darker −40%#897700

More saturated +25%#FFE956

Less saturated −25%#EAD96B

Channel breakdown

R255

G233

B86

Red255 (100%)

Green233 (91.4%)

Blue86 (33.7%)

Hue52.19°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness66.86%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G E9 · B 56

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