#FFE776

sRGB · 255 / 231 / 118

#FFE776 belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 255 red, 231 green and 118 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 49.5° lands in the yellow region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 73.1% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (16.94:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 255, 231, 118
HSL: 49.49°, 100.00%, 73.14%
HSV / HSB: 49.49°, 53.73%, 100.00%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 9.41%, 53.73%, 0.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 73.083, 79.721, 28.678
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 91.560, -5.548, 57.255
WCAG relative luminance: 0.79720
24-bit decimal: 16770934

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #FFE776 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text · 16.94:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text · 1.24:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio. WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#768EFF sits half a turn (180°) from #FFE776 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#FFE776 #768EFF

Analogous

#FFA376 and #D3FF76 sit 30° to either side of #FFE776. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#FFA376 #FFE776 #D3FF76

Triadic

#FFE776, #76FFE7 and #E776FF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#FFE776 #76FFE7 #E776FF

Split complementary

Start at #FFE776 and look across the wheel. #76D2FF and #A376FF sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#FFE776 #76D2FF #A376FF

Square

Starting with #FFE776, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #76FFA3, #768EFF, then #FF76D2. Across the square, #FFE776 pairs with #768EFF, and #76FFA3 with #FF76D2.

#FFE776 #76FFA3 #768EFF #FF76D2

Tetradic

#FFE776 and #768EFF are opposites, as are #8EFF76 and #E776FF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#FFE776 #8EFF76 #768EFF #E776FF

Tints

Mixing #FFE776 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #FFEC91, keeps 80% of the original. By #FFFAE4, the mixture is 80% white.

#FFE776 #FFEC91 #FFF1AD #FFF5C8 #FFFAE4 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #FFE776 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CCB95E, keeps 80% of the original. By #332E18, the mixture is 80% black.

#FFE776 #CCB95E #998B47 #665C2F #332E18 #000000

Tones

Mixing #FFE776 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E6D278, keeps 80% of the original. By #99957E, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#FFE776 #E6D278 #CCBE7A #B3A97C #99957E #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#FFE776

RGB

rgb(255 231 118)

HSL

hsl(49.489 100.000% 73.137%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #FFE776;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#FFE776 uses 255 red, 231 green and 118 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 100.0%

Green 90.6%

Blue 46.3%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #FFE776 is 0.0% cyan, 9.4% magenta, 53.7% yellow and 0.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 9.4%

Yellow 53.7%

Black 0.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #FFEE77. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #FE7 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #FFE776 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FFFF66, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #FFEE77 Nearest web-safe · #FFFF66

Gradient to complement

#FFE776 #E8D88D #D1C9A4 #BBBBBB #A4ACD1 #8D9DE8 #768EFF

Color vision previews

Compare how #FFE776 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#FAE26B

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#FFEA7B

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#FFD9CD

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#FCE571

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#FFE978

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#FFE39E

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#E7E7E7

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#F3E7BA

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 1.00000 G 0.79910 B 0.18116

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.98416 G 0.90922 B 0.52700

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.96433 G 0.80577 B 0.23989

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.403 y 0.439 Y 79.721

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 0.000 M % 9.412 Y % 53.725

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

11111111 11100111 01110110