Recognised as Colour

#FFED4C

#FFED4C
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FFED4C is a yellow with RGB values 255, 237, 76 and HSL 54°, 100%, 65%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#FFED4C#FFED4C

HEX#FFED4C

RGBrgb(255, 237, 76)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.9294, 0.298

RGB percentages100%, 92.9%, 29.8%

HSLhsl(54, 100%, 64.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(54, 70.2%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 7.1%, 70.2%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,772,428

CSS custom property--colour: #FFED4C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.8235WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness230.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.47:1

Contrast with white1.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.47:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E5E5E5

Inverted#0012B3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFE632no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFEE57no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original

Tritanopia#FFDDCDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 67 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.2:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 15.6 Yellow · ΔE 21.7 Goldenrod · ΔE 30.3 Khaki · ΔE 31.1 Yellow green · ΔE 32.7 Orange · ΔE 39.4

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 15.63, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4C5EFF

Analogous#FF944C, #B7FF4C

Triadic#4CFFED, #ED4CFF

Split complementary#4CB8FF, #934CFF

Tetradic#4CFF94, #4C5EFF, #FF4CB8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFCE5

Lighter +20%#FFF7B2

Lighter +10%#FFF27F

Darker −10%#FFE819

Darker −20%#E5CE00

Darker −30%#B2A000

Darker −40%#7F7200

More saturated +25%#FFED4C

Less saturated −25%#E9DB62

Channel breakdown

R255

G237

B76

Red255 (100%)

Green237 (92.9%)

Blue76 (29.8%)

Hue53.97°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness64.9%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G ED · B 4C

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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