Colour

#FFEC15

#FFEC15
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FFEC15 is a yellow with RGB values 255, 236, 21 and HSL 55°, 100%, 54%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#FFEC15#FFEC15

HEX#FFEC15

RGBrgb(255, 236, 21)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.9255, 0.0824

RGB percentages100%, 92.5%, 8.2%

HSLhsl(55.1, 100%, 54.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(55.1, 91.8%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 7.5%, 91.8%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,772,117

CSS custom property--colour: #FFEC15;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.81305WCAG 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#E1E1E1

Inverted#0013EA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFE400no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFED32no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FFDAC9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 79.3 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 text17.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 11.8 Yellow · ΔE 11.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 36.1 Yellow green · ΔE 37.7 Green yellow · ΔE 40.9 Orange · ΔE 41.3

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 11.75, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1528FF

Analogous#FF7715, #9DFF15

Triadic#15FFEC, #EC15FF

Split complementary#159DFF, #7715FF

Tetradic#15FF77, #1528FF, #FF159D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFDE1

Lighter +30%#FFF8AE

Lighter +20%#FFF47B

Lighter +10%#FFF048

Darker −10%#E1CF00

Darker −20%#AEA000

Darker −30%#7B7100

Darker −40%#484200

More saturated +25%#FFEC15

Less saturated −25%#E2D432

Channel breakdown

R255

G236

B21

Red255 (100%)

Green236 (92.5%)

Blue21 (8.2%)

Hue55.13°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness54.12%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G EC · B 15

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Colour values

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