Colour

#FFE98E

#FFE98E
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FFE98E is a yellow with RGB values 255, 233, 142 and HSL 48°, 100%, 78%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#FFE98E#FFE98E

HEX#FFE98E

RGBrgb(255, 233, 142)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.9137, 0.5569

RGB percentages100%, 91.4%, 55.7%

HSLhsl(48.3, 100%, 77.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.3, 44.3%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 8.6%, 44.3%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,771,470

CSS custom property--colour: #FFE98E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.81491WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness231.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.3:1

Contrast with white1.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E7E7E7

Inverted#001671

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FAE587no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFEC91no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FFDDD3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.21:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 5.3 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 16.1 Navajo white · ΔE 20.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 20.9 Moccasin · ΔE 21.6 Wheat · ΔE 23.8

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 5.31, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8EA4FF

Analogous#FFB18E, #DDFF8E

Triadic#8EFFE9, #E98EFF

Split complementary#8EDDFF, #B18EFF

Tetradic#8EFFB0, #8EA4FF, #FF8EDC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFDF4

Lighter +10%#FFF3C1

Darker −10%#FFDF5B

Darker −20%#FFD528

Darker −30%#F4C400

Darker −40%#C19B00

More saturated +25%#FFE98E

Less saturated −25%#F1E09C

Channel breakdown

R255

G233

B142

Red255 (100%)

Green233 (91.4%)

Blue142 (55.7%)

Hue48.32°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness77.84%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G E9 · B 8E

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