Recognised as Colour

#FFFE8A

#FFFE8A
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FFFE8A is a yellow with RGB values 255, 254, 138 and HSL 59°, 100%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 19.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#FFFE8A#FFFE8A

HEX#FFFE8A

RGBrgb(255, 254, 138)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.9961, 0.5412

RGB percentages100%, 99.6%, 54.1%

HSLhsl(59.5, 100%, 77.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(59.5, 45.9%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 0.4%, 45.9%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,776,842

CSS custom property--colour: #FFFE8A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.93979WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness243.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 19.8:1

Contrast with white1.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black19.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#F6F6F6

Inverted#000175

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFF680no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFFA90no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original

Tritanopia#FFF1E3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.06:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text19.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 14 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 26.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 29.7 Yellow green · ΔE 33.1 Navajo white · ΔE 34.2 Moccasin · ΔE 34.3

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 14.01, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8A8BFF

Analogous#FFC48A, #C5FF8A

Triadic#8AFFFE, #FE8AFF

Split complementary#8AC6FF, #C38AFF

Tetradic#8AFFC4, #8A8BFF, #FF8AC6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFF0

Lighter +10%#FFFEBD

Darker −10%#FFFE57

Darker −20%#FFFD24

Darker −30%#F0EE00

Darker −40%#BDBB00

More saturated +25%#FFFE8A

Less saturated −25%#F0F099

Channel breakdown

R255

G254

B138

Red255 (100%)

Green254 (99.6%)

Blue138 (54.1%)

Hue59.49°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness77.06%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G FE · B 8A

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

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