Colour

#FFE96D

#FFE96D
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FFE96D is a yellow with RGB values 255, 233, 109 and HSL 51°, 100%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#FFE96D#FFE96D

HEX#FFE96D

RGBrgb(255, 233, 109)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.9137, 0.4275

RGB percentages100%, 91.4%, 42.7%

HSLhsl(51, 100%, 71.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51, 57.3%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 8.6%, 57.3%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,771,437

CSS custom property--colour: #FFE96D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.80642WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness229.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.13:1

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

Contrast with black17.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E5E5E5

Inverted#001692

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FDE360no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFEC73no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FFDACEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.3 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 text17.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 17 Gold · ΔE 26.4 Goldenrod · ΔE 27.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 29.2 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 30.8 Yellow green · ΔE 34.8

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 16.99, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6D83FF

Analogous#FFA06D, #CCFF6D

Triadic#6DFFE9, #E96DFF

Split complementary#6DCCFF, #A06DFF

Tetradic#6DFFA0, #6D83FF, #FF6DCC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFF8D3

Lighter +10%#FFF1A0

Darker −10%#FFE13A

Darker −20%#FFDA07

Darker −30%#D3B300

Darker −40%#A08800

More saturated +25%#FFE96D

Less saturated −25%#EDDC7F

Channel breakdown

R255

G233

B109

Red255 (100%)

Green233 (91.4%)

Blue109 (42.7%)

Hue50.96°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness71.37%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G E9 · B 6D

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