Colour

#FFE96F

#FFE96F
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FFE96F is a yellow with RGB values 255, 233, 111 and HSL 51°, 100%, 72%. 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

#FFE96F#FFE96F

HEX#FFE96F

RGBrgb(255, 233, 111)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.9137, 0.4353

RGB percentages100%, 91.4%, 43.5%

HSLhsl(50.8, 100%, 71.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.8, 56.5%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 8.6%, 56.5%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,771,439

CSS custom property--colour: #FFE96F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.80686WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness229.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.14:1

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

Contrast with black17.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E5E5E5

Inverted#001690

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FCE363no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFEC75no 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 53.5 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 text17.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 16.2 Gold · ΔE 27.2 Goldenrod · ΔE 27.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 28.6 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 30 Navajo white · ΔE 34.7

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 16.15, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6F85FF

Analogous#FFA16F, #CDFF6F

Triadic#6FFFE9, #E96FFF

Split complementary#6FCDFF, #A16FFF

Tetradic#6FFFA1, #6F85FF, #FF6FCD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFF9D5

Lighter +10%#FFF1A2

Darker −10%#FFE13C

Darker −20%#FFD909

Darker −30%#D5B400

Darker −40%#A28900

More saturated +25%#FFE96F

Less saturated −25%#EDDC81

Channel breakdown

R255

G233

B111

Red255 (100%)

Green233 (91.4%)

Blue111 (43.5%)

Hue50.83°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness71.76%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G E9 · B 6F

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