Colour

#FFEE60

#FFEE60
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FFEE60 is a yellow with RGB values 255, 238, 96 and HSL 54°, 100%, 69%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#FFEE60#FFEE60

HEX#FFEE60

RGBrgb(255, 238, 96)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.9333, 0.3765

RGB percentages100%, 93.3%, 37.6%

HSLhsl(53.6, 100%, 68.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(53.6, 62.4%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 6.7%, 62.4%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,772,704

CSS custom property--colour: #FFEE60;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.83254WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness231.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.65:1

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

Contrast with black17.65:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E7E7E7

Inverted#00119F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFE74Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFEF68no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original

Tritanopia#FFDFD0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 60.4 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 text17.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 21.3 Khaki · ΔE 23.9 Yellow · ΔE 28.4 Goldenrod · ΔE 29.3 Yellow green · ΔE 32.1 Dark khaki · ΔE 35.4

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 21.34, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6071FF

Analogous#FF9E60, #C1FF60

Triadic#60FFEE, #EE60FF

Split complementary#60C1FF, #9E60FF

Tetradic#60FF9E, #6071FF, #FF60C1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFEF9

Lighter +20%#FFF9C6

Lighter +10%#FFF393

Darker −10%#FFE92D

Darker −20%#F9DE00

Darker −30%#C6B100

Darker −40%#938300

More saturated +25%#FFEE60

Less saturated −25%#EBDE74

Channel breakdown

R255

G238

B96

Red255 (100%)

Green238 (93.3%)

Blue96 (37.6%)

Hue53.58°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness68.82%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G EE · B 60

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