Colour

#FFEE55

#FFEE55
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FFEE55 is a yellow with RGB values 255, 238, 85 and HSL 54°, 100%, 67%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#FFEE55#FFEE55

HEX#FFEE55

HEX (short)#FE5

RGBrgb(255, 238, 85)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.9333, 0.3333

RGB percentages100%, 93.3%, 33.3%

HSLhsl(54, 100%, 66.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(54, 66.7%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 6.7%, 66.7%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,772,693

CSS custom property--colour: #FFEE55;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.83065WCAG 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 17.61:1

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

Contrast with black17.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E7E7E7

Inverted#0011AA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFE740no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFEF5Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FFDECFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 64.6 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 text17.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 18 Yellow · ΔE 24.3 Khaki · ΔE 28.1 Goldenrod · ΔE 30 Yellow green · ΔE 32.1 Dark khaki · ΔE 39

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 18.04, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5566FF

Analogous#FF9955, #BBFF55

Triadic#55FFEE, #EE55FF

Split complementary#55BBFF, #9955FF

Tetradic#55FF99, #5566FF, #FF55BB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFDEE

Lighter +20%#FFF8BB

Lighter +10%#FFF388

Darker −10%#FFE922

Darker −20%#EED600

Darker −30%#BBA800

Darker −40%#887A00

More saturated +25%#FFEE55

Less saturated −25%#EADD6A

Channel breakdown

R255

G238

B85

Red255 (100%)

Green238 (93.3%)

Blue85 (33.3%)

Hue54°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness66.67%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G EE · B 55

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