#ffe456

Color #ffe456

A vivid, highly saturated light yellow.

Closest named color Gold #ffd700 · ΔE 18.09 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-300 #ffdf20 · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#ffe456

RGB

rgb(255, 228, 86)

HSL

hsl(50.4, 100%, 66.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(50.4, 66.3%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 66.3%, 0%)

LAB

lab(90.52, -6.16, 69.91)

LCH

lch(90.52, 70.18, 95.04)

OKLCH

oklch(91.6%, 0.1591, 98.38)

HWB

hwb(50.4, 33.7%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5671ff

Analogous

#ff9056

#ffe456

#c6ff56

Triadic

#ffe456

#56ffe4

#e456ff

Split-complementary

#ffe456

#56c6ff

#9056ff

Tetradic

#ffe456

#71ff56

#5671ff

#e456ff

Square

#ffe456

#56ff90

#5671ff

#ff56c6

Shades

Color #ffe456 mixed toward black.

#ffdb1d

#e3bf00

#ab8f00

#726000

#393000

Tints

Color #ffe456 mixed toward white.

#ffe872

#ffed8e

#fff1ab

#fff6c7

#fffae3

Tones

Color #ffe456 mixed toward gray.

#f1da64

#e3d172

#d5c780

#c7be8e

#b9b49d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.27:1

Aa Black text on this color

16.48:1

Black text reads better on this background (16.48:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#f4f48b · ΔE 8.7

Deuteranopia

#f5f794 · ΔE 9.8

Tritanopia

#fea7ad · ΔE 43.6

Achromatopsia

#e4e4e4 · ΔE 27.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #ffe456;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ffe456]

Related colors

Gold #ffd700

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Khaki #f0e68c

Lemon Chiffon #fffacd

Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa

Dark Khaki #bdb76b

Frequently asked questions

#ffe456 (#ffe456) is rgb(255, 228, 86) in RGB.

No, #ffe456 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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