Colour

#FFEE9A

#FFEE9A
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FFEE9A is a yellow with RGB values 255, 238, 154 and HSL 50°, 100%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#FFEE9A#FFEE9A

HEX#FFEE9A

RGBrgb(255, 238, 154)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.9333, 0.6039

RGB percentages100%, 93.3%, 60.4%

HSLhsl(49.9, 100%, 80.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.9, 39.6%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 6.7%, 39.6%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,772,762

CSS custom property--colour: #FFEE9A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.84742WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness235.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.95:1

Contrast with white1.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#ECECEC

Inverted#001165

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FDEA94no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFF09Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FFE3D9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.17:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 5.3 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 12.1 Navajo white · ΔE 18.1 Moccasin · ΔE 18.4 Wheat · ΔE 20.6 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 20.9

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 5.26, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9AABFF

Analogous#FFBC9A, #DEFF9A

Triadic#9AFFEE, #EE9AFF

Split complementary#9ADDFF, #BC9AFF

Tetradic#9AFFBC, #9AABFF, #FF9ADD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FFF7CD

Darker −10%#FFE567

Darker −20%#FFDD34

Darker −30%#FFD401

Darker −40%#CDAA00

More saturated +25%#FFEE9A

Less saturated −25%#F2E6A7

Channel breakdown

R255

G238

B154

Red255 (100%)

Green238 (93.3%)

Blue154 (60.4%)

Hue49.9°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness80.2%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G EE · B 9A

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