#ffe245

Color #ffe245

A vivid, highly saturated light yellow.

Closest named color Gold #ffd700 · ΔE 12.55 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-300 #ffdf20 · ΔE 2.2

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Conversions

HEX

#ffe245

RGB

rgb(255, 226, 69)

HSL

hsl(50.6, 100%, 63.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(50.6, 72.9%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 72.9%, 0%)

LAB

lab(89.9, -5.98, 75.63)

LCH

lch(89.9, 75.87, 94.52)

OKLCH

oklch(91.1%, 0.1684, 98.33)

HWB

hwb(50.6, 27.1%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4562ff

Analogous

#ff8545

#ffe245

#bfff45

Triadic

#ffe245

#45ffe2

#e245ff

Split-complementary

#ffe245

#45bfff

#8545ff

Tetradic

#ffe245

#62ff45

#4562ff

#e245ff

Square

#ffe245

#45ff85

#4562ff

#ff45bf

Shades

Color #ffe245 mixed toward black.

#ffd90f

#d8b600

#a28900

#6c5b00

#362e00

Tints

Color #ffe245 mixed toward white.

#ffe764

#ffec83

#fff0a2

#fff5c1

#fffae0

Tones

Color #ffe245 mixed toward gray.

#efd754

#e0cd64

#d0c273

#c1b783

#b1ad92

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.29:1

Aa Black text on this color

16.22:1

Black text reads better on this background (16.22:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#f3f384 · ΔE 9.4

Deuteranopia

#f5f78e · ΔE 10.5

Tritanopia

#fea2a8 · ΔE 45.1

Achromatopsia

#e2e2e2 · ΔE 28

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #ffe245;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ffe245]

Related colors

Gold #ffd700

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Khaki #f0e68c

Lemon Chiffon #fffacd

Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa

Dark Khaki #bdb76b

Frequently asked questions

#ffe245 (#ffe245) is rgb(255, 226, 69) in RGB.

No, #ffe245 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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