Recognised as Colour

#FFEE69

#FFEE69
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FFEE69 is a yellow with RGB values 255, 238, 105 and HSL 53°, 100%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#FFEE69#FFEE69

HEX#FFEE69

RGBrgb(255, 238, 105)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.9333, 0.4118

RGB percentages100%, 93.3%, 41.2%

HSLhsl(53.2, 100%, 70.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(53.2, 58.8%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 6.7%, 58.8%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,772,713

CSS custom property--colour: #FFEE69;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.83429WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness232.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.69:1

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

Contrast with black17.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E8E8E8

Inverted#001196

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFE75Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFEF70no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Tritanopia#FFDFD1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 57.2 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 text17.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 20.2 Gold · ΔE 24.4 Goldenrod · ΔE 29.3 Yellow · ΔE 32 Dark khaki · ΔE 32.4 Yellow green · ΔE 32.6

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 20.17, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#697AFF

Analogous#FFA369, #C5FF69

Triadic#69FFEE, #EE69FF

Split complementary#69C5FF, #A369FF

Tetradic#69FFA3, #697AFF, #FF69C5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFACF

Lighter +10%#FFF49C

Darker −10%#FFE836

Darker −20%#FFE203

Darker −30%#CFB800

Darker −40%#9C8A00

More saturated +25%#FFEE69

Less saturated −25%#ECDF7C

Channel breakdown

R255

G238

B105

Red255 (100%)

Green238 (93.3%)

Blue105 (41.2%)

Hue53.2°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness70.59%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G EE · B 69

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