Colour

#FFED70

#FFED70
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FFED70 is a yellow with RGB values 255, 237, 112 and HSL 52°, 100%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#FFED70#FFED70

HEX#FFED70

RGBrgb(255, 237, 112)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.9294, 0.4392

RGB percentages100%, 92.9%, 43.9%

HSLhsl(52.4, 100%, 72%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.4, 56.1%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 7.1%, 56.1%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,772,464

CSS custom property--colour: #FFED70;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.82998WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness232 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.6:1

Contrast with white1.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E8E8E8

Inverted#00128F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFE763no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFEE76no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original

Tritanopia#FFDED1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.19:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 16.9 Gold · ΔE 27.1 Goldenrod · ΔE 29.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 29.8 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 30.8 Yellow green · ΔE 33.7

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 16.89, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7082FF

Analogous#FFA570, #CAFF70

Triadic#70FFED, #ED70FF

Split complementary#70CAFF, #A570FF

Tetradic#70FFA5, #7082FF, #FF70C9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFAD6

Lighter +10%#FFF3A3

Darker −10%#FFE73D

Darker −20%#FFE00A

Darker −30%#D6BB00

Darker −40%#A38E00

More saturated +25%#FFED70

Less saturated −25%#EDE082

Channel breakdown

R255

G237

B112

Red255 (100%)

Green237 (92.9%)

Blue112 (43.9%)

Hue52.45°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness71.96%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G ED · B 70

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