#ffe050

Color #ffe050

A vivid, highly saturated light yellow.

Closest named color Gold #ffd700 · ΔE 16.35 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-300 #ffdf20 · ΔE 3.1

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Conversions

HEX

#ffe050

RGB

rgb(255, 224, 80)

HSL

hsl(49.4, 100%, 65.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(49.4, 68.6%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 68.6%, 0%)

LAB

lab(89.47, -4.47, 71.18)

LCH

lch(89.47, 71.32, 93.59)

OKLCH

oklch(90.8%, 0.1602, 96.81)

HWB

hwb(49.4, 31.4%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#506fff

Analogous

#ff8950

#ffe050

#c6ff50

Triadic

#ffe050

#50ffe0

#e050ff

Split-complementary

#ffe050

#50c6ff

#8950ff

Tetradic

#ffe050

#6fff50

#506fff

#e050ff

Square

#ffe050

#50ff89

#506fff

#ff50c6

Shades

Color #ffe050 mixed toward black.

#ffd618

#dfb800

#a88a00

#705c00

#382e00

Tints

Color #ffe050 mixed toward white.

#ffe56d

#ffea8a

#fff0a8

#fff5c5

#fffae2

Tones

Color #ffe050 mixed toward gray.

#f0d75f

#e2cd6d

#d3c47c

#c5ba8a

#b6b199

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.31:1

Aa Black text on this color

16.03:1

Black text reads better on this background (16.03:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#f2f287 · ΔE 9.6

Deuteranopia

#f4f690 · ΔE 10.6

Tritanopia

#fea3a9 · ΔE 43.6

Achromatopsia

#e1e1e1 · ΔE 27.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #ffe050;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ffe050]

Related colors

Gold #ffd700

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Khaki #f0e68c

Lemon Chiffon #fffacd

Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa

Dark Khaki #bdb76b

Frequently asked questions

#ffe050 (#ffe050) is rgb(255, 224, 80) in RGB.

No, #ffe050 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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