Colour
#FFEC0E
- #FFEC0E
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Yellow
#FFEC0E is a yellow with RGB values 255, 236, 14 and HSL 55°, 100%, 53%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow.
Colour values
#FFEC0E#FFEC0E
HEX#FFEC0E
RGBrgb(255, 236, 14)
RGB (0–1)1, 0.9255, 0.0549
RGB percentages100%, 92.5%, 5.5%
HSLhsl(55.3, 100%, 52.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(55.3, 94.5%, 100%)
CMYK0%, 7.5%, 94.5%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,772,110
CSS custom property--colour: #FFEC0E;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.81283WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness228.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.26:1
Contrast with white1.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E0E0E0
Inverted#0013F1
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.22:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.26:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#0E21FF
Analogous#FF740E, #9AFF0E
Triadic#0EFFEC, #EC0EFF
Split complementary#0E99FF, #740EFF
Tetradic#0EFF73, #0E21FF, #FF0E99
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R255
G236
B14
Red255 (100%)
Green236 (92.5%)
Blue14 (5.5%)
Hue55.27°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness52.75%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FF · G EC · B 0E
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