Colour

#FFEE2F

#FFEE2F
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FFEE2F is a yellow with RGB values 255, 238, 47 and HSL 55°, 100%, 59%. 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

#FFEE2F#FFEE2F

HEX#FFEE2F

RGBrgb(255, 238, 47)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.9333, 0.1843

RGB percentages100%, 93.3%, 18.4%

HSLhsl(55.1, 100%, 59.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(55.1, 81.6%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 6.7%, 81.6%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,772,655

CSS custom property--colour: #FFEE2F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.82614WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness230.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.52:1

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

Contrast with black17.52:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E4E4E4

Inverted#0011D0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFE600no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFEE41no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original

Tritanopia#FFDDCCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 75.4 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 text17.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 12.5 Yellow · ΔE 13.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 34.5 Yellow green · ΔE 35.2 Green yellow · ΔE 39.9 Khaki · ΔE 40

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 12.5, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2F40FF

Analogous#FF862F, #A8FF2F

Triadic#2FFFEE, #EE2FFF

Split complementary#2FA8FF, #862FFF

Tetradic#2FFF86, #2F40FF, #FF2FA8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFB

Lighter +30%#FFFBC8

Lighter +20%#FFF695

Lighter +10%#FFF262

Darker −10%#FBE600

Darker −20%#C8B800

Darker −30%#958900

Darker −40%#625A00

More saturated +25%#FFEE2F

Less saturated −25%#E5D849

Channel breakdown

R255

G238

B47

Red255 (100%)

Green238 (93.3%)

Blue47 (18.4%)

Hue55.1°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness59.22%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G EE · B 2F

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Colour values

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