Colour

#FFEC34

#FFEC34
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FFEC34 is a yellow with RGB values 255, 236, 52 and HSL 54°, 100%, 60%. 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

#FFEC34#FFEC34

HEX#FFEC34

RGBrgb(255, 236, 52)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.9255, 0.2039

RGB percentages100%, 92.5%, 20.4%

HSLhsl(54.4, 100%, 60.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(54.4, 79.6%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 7.5%, 79.6%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,772,148

CSS custom property--colour: #FFEC34;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.81499WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness229 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.3:1

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

Contrast with black17.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E3E3E3

Inverted#0013CB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFE400no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFED44no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FFDBCBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 73.9 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 text17.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 11.8 Yellow · ΔE 15.9 Goldenrod · ΔE 32.7 Yellow green · ΔE 34.9 Khaki · ΔE 38.2 Orange · ΔE 39.7

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 11.77, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3447FF

Analogous#FF8734, #ACFF34

Triadic#34FFEC, #EC34FF

Split complementary#34ACFF, #8734FF

Tetradic#34FF87, #3447FF, #FF34AC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFACD

Lighter +20%#FFF69A

Lighter +10%#FFF167

Darker −10%#FFE701

Darker −20%#CDBA00

Darker −30%#9A8C00

Darker −40%#675D00

More saturated +25%#FFEC34

Less saturated −25%#E6D74D

Channel breakdown

R255

G236

B52

Red255 (100%)

Green236 (92.5%)

Blue52 (20.4%)

Hue54.38°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness60.2%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G EC · B 34

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