Recognised as Colour
#FFEA28
- #FFEA28
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Gold
#FFEA28 is a yellow with RGB values 255, 234, 40 and HSL 54°, 100%, 58%. 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
#FFEA28#FFEA28
HEX#FFEA28
RGBrgb(255, 234, 40)
RGB (0–1)1, 0.9176, 0.1569
RGB percentages100%, 91.8%, 15.7%
HSLhsl(54.1, 100%, 57.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(54.1, 84.3%, 100%)
CMYK0%, 8.2%, 84.3%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,771,624
CSS custom property--colour: #FFEA28;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.80259WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness227.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.05:1
Contrast with white1.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E0E0E0
Inverted#0015D7
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.23:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.05:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#283DFF
Analogous#FF7E28, #A9FF28
Triadic#28FFEA, #EA28FF
Split complementary#28A9FF, #7E28FF
Tetradic#28FF7E, #283DFF, #FF28A9
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R255
G234
B40
Red255 (100%)
Green234 (91.8%)
Blue40 (15.7%)
Hue54.14°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness57.84%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FF · G EA · B 28
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