#FFE77E

sRGB · 255 / 231 / 126

#FFE77E belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 255 red, 231 green and 126 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 48.8° lands in the yellow region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 74.7% 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 (16.98:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 255, 231, 126
HSL: 48.84°, 100.00%, 74.71%
HSV / HSB: 48.84°, 50.59%, 100.00%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 9.41%, 50.59%, 0.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 73.579, 79.919, 31.290
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 91.649, -4.899, 53.630
WCAG relative luminance: 0.79918
24-bit decimal: 16770942

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 #FFE77E 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 · 16.98:1

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

#7E96FF sits half a turn (180°) from #FFE77E 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.

#FFE77E #7E96FF

Analogous

#FFA67E and #D7FF7E sit 30° to either side of #FFE77E. 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.

#FFA67E #FFE77E #D7FF7E

Triadic

#FFE77E, #7EFFE7 and #E77EFF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#FFE77E #7EFFE7 #E77EFF

Split complementary

Start at #FFE77E and look across the wheel. #7ED6FF and #A77EFF sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#FFE77E #7ED6FF #A77EFF

Square

Starting with #FFE77E, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #7EFFA6, #7E96FF, then #FF7ED6. Across the square, #FFE77E pairs with #7E96FF, and #7EFFA6 with #FF7ED6.

#FFE77E #7EFFA6 #7E96FF #FF7ED6

Tetradic

#FFE77E and #7E96FF are opposites, as are #96FF7E and #E77EFF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#FFE77E #96FF7E #7E96FF #E77EFF

Tints

Mixing #FFE77E with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #FFEC98, keeps 80% of the original. By #FFFAE5, the mixture is 80% white.

#FFE77E #FFEC98 #FFF1B2 #FFF5CB #FFFAE5 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #FFE77E with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CCB965, keeps 80% of the original. By #332E19, the mixture is 80% black.

#FFE77E #CCB965 #998B4C #665C32 #332E19 #000000

Tones

Mixing #FFE77E with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E6D27E, keeps 80% of the original. By #999580, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#FFE77E #E6D27E #CCBE7F #B3A97F #999580 #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

#FFE77E

RGB

rgb(255 231 126)

HSL

hsl(48.837 100.000% 74.706%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #FFE77E;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#FFE77E uses 255 red, 231 green and 126 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 100.0%

Green 90.6%

Blue 49.4%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #FFE77E is 0.0% cyan, 9.4% magenta, 50.6% 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 50.6%

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 #FFE77E 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

#FFE77E #EADA94 #D4CCA9 #BFBFBF #A9B1D4 #94A4EA #7E96FF

Color vision previews

Compare how #FFE77E 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.

#F9E275

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.

#FFEB82

Tritanopia

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

#FFD9CF

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.

#FCE579

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.

#FFE980

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#FFE3A2

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.

#F3E7BC

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 0.20864

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 0.55156

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.96433 G 0.80577 B 0.26490

CIE xyY

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

x 0.398 y 0.432 Y 79.919

CMY

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

C % 0.000 M % 9.412 Y % 50.588

Binary RGB

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

11111111 11100111 01111110