#FFEB73

sRGB: 255 / 235 / 115

Cosmic tempests reshape eternity
Immortal legends shimmer across boundless heavens
Silver wings linger beyond yesterday

#FFEB73 belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 255 red, 235 green and 115 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 51.4° lands in the yellow region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 72.5% 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 (17.38:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 255, 235, 115
HSL: 51.43°, 100.00%, 72.55%
HSV / HSB: 51.43°, 54.90%, 100.00%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 7.84%, 54.90%, 0.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 74.040, 81.916, 28.131
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 92.538, -7.774, 59.761
WCAG relative luminance: 0.81914
24-bit decimal: 16771955

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 #FFEB73 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: 17.38:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.21:1

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.

Reference: 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

#7387FF sits half a turn (180°) from #FFEB73 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.

#FFEB73 #7387FF

Analogous

#FFA573 and #CDFF73 sit 30° to either side of #FFEB73. 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.

#FFA573 #FFEB73 #CDFF73

Triadic

#FFEB73, #73FFEB and #EB73FF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#FFEB73 #73FFEB #EB73FF

Split complementary

Start at #FFEB73 and look across the wheel. #73CDFF and #A573FF sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#FFEB73 #73CDFF #A573FF

Square

Starting with #FFEB73, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #73FFA5, #7387FF, then #FF73CD. Across the square, #FFEB73 pairs with #7387FF, and #73FFA5 with #FF73CD.

#FFEB73 #73FFA5 #7387FF #FF73CD

Tetradic

#FFEB73 and #7387FF are opposites, as are #87FF73 and #EB73FF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#FFEB73 #87FF73 #7387FF #EB73FF

Tints

Mixing #FFEB73 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #FFEF8F, keeps 80% of the original. By #FFFBE3, the mixture is 80% white.

#FFEB73 #FFEF8F #FFF3AB #FFF7C7 #FFFBE3 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #FFEB73 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CCBC5C, keeps 80% of the original. By #332F17, the mixture is 80% black.

#FFEB73 #CCBC5C #998D45 #665E2E #332F17 #000000

Tones

Mixing #FFEB73 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E6D676, keeps 80% of the original. By #99957D, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#FFEB73 #E6D676 #CCC078 #B3AB7B #99957D #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

#FFEB73

RGB

rgb(255 235 115)

HSL

hsl(51.429 100.000% 72.549%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #FFEB73;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#FFEB73 uses 255 red, 235 green and 115 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 100.0%

Green 92.2%

Blue 45.1%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #FFEB73 is 0.0% cyan, 7.8% magenta, 54.9% yellow and 0.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 7.8%

Yellow 54.9%

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 #FFEB73 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

#FFEB73 #E8DA8A #D0CAA2 #B9B9B9 #A2A8D0 #8A98E8 #7387FF

Color vision previews

Compare how #FFEB73 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.

#FEE567

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.

#FFED79

Tritanopia

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

#FFDDD0

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.

#FFE86D

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.

#FFEC76

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#FFE79E

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#EAEAEA

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.

#F5EABB

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

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 0.83077 B 0.17144

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 0.98668 G 0.92431 B 0.52032

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.96996 G 0.83639 B 0.23333

CIE xyY

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

x 0.402 y 0.445 Y 81.916

CMY

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

C % 0.000 M % 7.843 Y % 54.902

Binary RGB

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

11111111 11101011 01110011