Colour

#FFE960

#FFE960
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FFE960 is a yellow with RGB values 255, 233, 96 and HSL 52°, 100%, 69%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#FFE960#FFE960

HEX#FFE960

RGBrgb(255, 233, 96)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.9137, 0.3765

RGB percentages100%, 91.4%, 37.6%

HSLhsl(51.7, 100%, 68.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.7, 62.4%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 8.6%, 62.4%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,771,424

CSS custom property--colour: #FFE960;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.80382WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness228.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.08:1

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

Contrast with black17.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E4E4E4

Inverted#00169F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FDE350no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFEB67no 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 59.2 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 text17.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 21.4 Khaki · ΔE 22.4 Goldenrod · ΔE 26.8 Yellow · ΔE 30.8 Dark khaki · ΔE 33.5 Yellow green · ΔE 33.6

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 21.37, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6076FF

Analogous#FF9A60, #C5FF60

Triadic#60FFE9, #E960FF

Split complementary#60C5FF, #9A60FF

Tetradic#60FF9A, #6076FF, #FF60C5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFEF9

Lighter +20%#FFF7C6

Lighter +10%#FFF093

Darker −10%#FFE22D

Darker −20%#F9D700

Darker −30%#C6AB00

Darker −40%#937F00

More saturated +25%#FFE960

Less saturated −25%#EBDB74

Channel breakdown

R255

G233

B96

Red255 (100%)

Green233 (91.4%)

Blue96 (37.6%)

Hue51.7°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness68.82%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G E9 · B 60

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