Colour

#FFED62

#FFED62
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FFED62 is a yellow with RGB values 255, 237, 98 and HSL 53°, 100%, 69%. 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

#FFED62#FFED62

HEX#FFED62

RGBrgb(255, 237, 98)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.9294, 0.3843

RGB percentages100%, 92.9%, 38.4%

HSLhsl(53.1, 100%, 69.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(53.1, 61.6%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 7.1%, 61.6%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,772,450

CSS custom property--colour: #FFED62;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.8271WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness231.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.54:1

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

Contrast with black17.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E7E7E7

Inverted#00129D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFE652no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFEE6Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original

Tritanopia#FFDECFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 59.2 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 text17.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 22 Khaki · ΔE 22.7 Goldenrod · ΔE 28.8 Yellow · ΔE 29.6 Yellow green · ΔE 32.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 34.4

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 21.98, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6274FF

Analogous#FF9F62, #C2FF62

Triadic#62FFED, #ED62FF

Split complementary#62C2FF, #9F62FF

Tetradic#62FF9F, #6274FF, #FF62C2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFB

Lighter +20%#FFF9C8

Lighter +10%#FFF395

Darker −10%#FFE72F

Darker −20%#FBDE00

Darker −30%#C8B100

Darker −40%#958400

More saturated +25%#FFED62

Less saturated −25%#EBDE76

Channel breakdown

R255

G237

B98

Red255 (100%)

Green237 (92.9%)

Blue98 (38.4%)

Hue53.12°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness69.22%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G ED · B 62

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