Colour

#FFEA55

#FFEA55
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FFEA55 is a yellow with RGB values 255, 234, 85 and HSL 53°, 100%, 67%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#FFEA55#FFEA55

HEX#FFEA55

RGBrgb(255, 234, 85)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.9176, 0.3333

RGB percentages100%, 91.8%, 33.3%

HSLhsl(52.6, 100%, 66.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.6, 66.7%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 8.2%, 66.7%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,771,669

CSS custom property--colour: #FFEA55;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.80762WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness228.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.15:1

Contrast with white1.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E4E4E4

Inverted#0015AA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFE341no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFEC5Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original

Tritanopia#FFDACCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 63.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.22:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 17.7 Yellow · ΔE 26.3 Khaki · ΔE 26.9 Goldenrod · ΔE 27.8 Yellow green · ΔE 33.1 Dark khaki · ΔE 37.5

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 17.66, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#556AFF

Analogous#FF9555, #BFFF55

Triadic#55FFEA, #EA55FF

Split complementary#55BFFF, #9555FF

Tetradic#55FF95, #556AFF, #FF55BF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFDEE

Lighter +20%#FFF7BB

Lighter +10%#FFF088

Darker −10%#FFE422

Darker −20%#EED100

Darker −30%#BBA400

Darker −40%#887700

More saturated +25%#FFEA55

Less saturated −25%#EADA6A

Channel breakdown

R255

G234

B85

Red255 (100%)

Green234 (91.8%)

Blue85 (33.3%)

Hue52.59°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness66.67%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G EA · B 55

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