Colour

#FFEC43

#FFEC43
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FFEC43 is a yellow with RGB values 255, 236, 67 and HSL 54°, 100%, 63%. 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

#FFEC43#FFEC43

HEX#FFEC43

RGBrgb(255, 236, 67)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.9255, 0.2627

RGB percentages100%, 92.5%, 26.3%

HSLhsl(53.9, 100%, 63.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(53.9, 73.7%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 7.5%, 73.7%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,772,163

CSS custom property--colour: #FFEC43;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.81656WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness229.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.33:1

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

Contrast with black17.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E4E4E4

Inverted#0013BC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFE420no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFED4Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FFDBCCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 70 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 text17.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 13.6 Yellow · ΔE 19.6 Goldenrod · ΔE 30.8 Yellow green · ΔE 33.6 Khaki · ΔE 33.8 Orange · ΔE 39.1

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 13.57, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4356FF

Analogous#FF8E43, #B4FF43

Triadic#43FFEC, #EC43FF

Split complementary#43B4FF, #8E43FF

Tetradic#43FF8E, #4356FF, #FF43B4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFBDC

Lighter +20%#FFF6A9

Lighter +10%#FFF176

Darker −10%#FFE710

Darker −20%#DCC600

Darker −30%#A99800

Darker −40%#766A00

More saturated +25%#FFEC43

Less saturated −25%#E8D95A

Channel breakdown

R255

G236

B67

Red255 (100%)

Green236 (92.5%)

Blue67 (26.3%)

Hue53.94°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness63.14%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G EC · B 43

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