Colour

#FFEE9B

#FFEE9B
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FFEE9B is a yellow with RGB values 255, 238, 155 and HSL 50°, 100%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#FFEE9B#FFEE9B

HEX#FFEE9B

RGBrgb(255, 238, 155)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.9333, 0.6078

RGB percentages100%, 93.3%, 60.8%

HSLhsl(49.8, 100%, 80.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.8, 39.2%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 6.7%, 39.2%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,772,763

CSS custom property--colour: #FFEE9B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.84776WCAG 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 17.96:1

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

Contrast with black17.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#ECECEC

Inverted#001164

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FDEA95no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFF09Eno 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 36.5 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 text17.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 5.6 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 11.7 Navajo white · ΔE 17.7 Moccasin · ΔE 17.9 Wheat · ΔE 20.1 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 20.4

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 5.55, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9BACFF

Analogous#FFBC9B, #DEFF9B

Triadic#9BFFEE, #EE9BFF

Split complementary#9BDEFF, #BC9BFF

Tetradic#9BFFBC, #9BACFF, #FF9BDE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FFF7CE

Darker −10%#FFE568

Darker −20%#FFDD35

Darker −30%#FFD402

Darker −40%#CEAB00

More saturated +25%#FFEE9B

Less saturated −25%#F3E6A8

Channel breakdown

R255

G238

B155

Red255 (100%)

Green238 (93.3%)

Blue155 (60.8%)

Hue49.8°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness80.39%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G EE · B 9B

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Colour values

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