Colour

#FFFE99

#FFFE99
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FFFE99 is a yellow with RGB values 255, 254, 153 and HSL 59°, 100%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 19.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#FFFE99#FFFE99

HEX#FFFE99

RGBrgb(255, 254, 153)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.9961, 0.6

RGB percentages100%, 99.6%, 60%

HSLhsl(59.4, 100%, 80%)

HSV / HSBhsv(59.4, 40%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 0.4%, 40%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,776,857

CSS custom property--colour: #FFFE99;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.94444WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness244.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 19.89:1

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

Contrast with black19.89:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#F7F7F7

Inverted#000166

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFF691no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFFB9Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FFF2E5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.6 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 text19.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 9.5 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 19.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 26.5 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 27.4 Moccasin · ΔE 28 Navajo white · ΔE 28.2

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 9.47, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#999AFF

Analogous#FFCB99, #CDFF99

Triadic#99FFFE, #FE99FF

Split complementary#99CDFF, #CB99FF

Tetradic#99FFCB, #999AFF, #FF99CD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FFFFCC

Darker −10%#FFFE66

Darker −20%#FFFD33

Darker −30%#FFFD00

Darker −40%#CCCA00

More saturated +25%#FFFE99

Less saturated −25%#F2F2A6

Channel breakdown

R255

G254

B153

Red255 (100%)

Green254 (99.6%)

Blue153 (60%)

Hue59.41°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness80%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G FE · B 99

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