Colour

#FFEF66

#FFEF66
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FFEF66 is a yellow with RGB values 255, 239, 102 and HSL 54°, 100%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#FFEF66#FFEF66

HEX#FFEF66

RGBrgb(255, 239, 102)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.9373, 0.4

RGB percentages100%, 93.7%, 40%

HSLhsl(53.7, 100%, 70%)

HSV / HSBhsv(53.7, 60%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 6.3%, 60%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,772,966

CSS custom property--colour: #FFEF66;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.83952WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness232.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.79:1

Contrast with white1.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E9E9E9

Inverted#001099

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFE857no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFEF6Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original

Tritanopia#FFE0D2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 58.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.18:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 21.8 Gold · ΔE 23.4 Goldenrod · ΔE 29.7 Yellow · ΔE 30.3 Yellow green · ΔE 32.1 Dark khaki · ΔE 33.8

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 21.76, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6676FF

Analogous#FFA366, #C2FF66

Triadic#66FFEF, #EF66FF

Split complementary#66C2FF, #A366FF

Tetradic#66FFA3, #6676FF, #FF66C2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFACC

Lighter +10%#FFF499

Darker −10%#FFEA33

Darker −20%#FFE400

Darker −30%#CCB700

Darker −40%#998900

More saturated +25%#FFEF66

Less saturated −25%#ECE079

Channel breakdown

R255

G239

B102

Red255 (100%)

Green239 (93.7%)

Blue102 (40%)

Hue53.73°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness70%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G EF · B 66

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