Colour

#FFEB6D

#FFEB6D
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FFEB6D is a yellow with RGB values 255, 235, 109 and HSL 52°, 100%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#FFEB6D#FFEB6D

HEX#FFEB6D

RGBrgb(255, 235, 109)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.9216, 0.4275

RGB percentages100%, 92.2%, 42.7%

HSLhsl(51.8, 100%, 71.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.8, 57.3%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 7.8%, 57.3%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,771,949

CSS custom property--colour: #FFEB6D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.81781WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness230.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.36:1

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

Contrast with black17.36:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E6E6E6

Inverted#001492

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FEE560no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFED73no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FFDCCFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.7 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 text17.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 17.5 Gold · ΔE 26.1 Goldenrod · ΔE 28.1 Dark khaki · ΔE 30 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 31.4 Yellow green · ΔE 34

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 17.54, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6D81FF

Analogous#FFA26D, #CAFF6D

Triadic#6DFFEB, #EB6DFF

Split complementary#6DCAFF, #A26DFF

Tetradic#6DFFA2, #6D81FF, #FF6DCA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFF9D3

Lighter +10%#FFF2A0

Darker −10%#FFE43A

Darker −20%#FFDD07

Darker −30%#D3B600

Darker −40%#A08A00

More saturated +25%#FFEB6D

Less saturated −25%#EDDE7F

Channel breakdown

R255

G235

B109

Red255 (100%)

Green235 (92.2%)

Blue109 (42.7%)

Hue51.78°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness71.37%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G EB · B 6D

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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