All About Color #FFE042

#FFE042

About #FFE042

#FFE042 is a light yellow color with the hex code #FFE042. In RGB it is red 255, green 224, blue 66; in HSL it is hue 50°, saturation 100%, lightness 63%; in CMYK it is 0%, 12%, 74%, 0%. Its contrast ratio is 1.31:1 on white and 15.99:1 on black.

#FFE042 Color Conversion

Hex tripletFF, E0, 42
CMYK0.00%, 12.16%, 74.12%, 0.00%
RGB Decimal255, 224, 66
HSL50°, 100%, 63%
RGB Octal377, 340, 102
HSV (HSB)50.16°, 74.12%, 100.00%
RGB Binary11111111, 11100000, 1000010
CIE-L*AB89.38, -5.10, 76.16
RGB Percent100.00%, 87.84%, 25.88%
CIE-L*CH89.38, 76.33, 93.83
XYZ68.88, 74.96, 15.99
CIE-L*UV89.38, 28.03, 87.37
xyY0.43, 0.47, 74.96
Hunter-Lab86.58, -9.52, 49.66
RYB40.42%, 100.00%, 25.88%

Color Accessibility Scores

#FFE042 on a dark background: contrast 15.99:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#FFE042 on a light background: contrast 1.31:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #FFE042, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around #FFE042. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#FFE042 · #FFEF9E · #E6BF00 · #4262FF · #9EAEFF

Analogous palette

#FF4262 · #FF8142 · #FFE042 · #C0FF42 · #62FF42

Triadic palette

#FFE042 · #42FFE0 · #E042FF · #FFEF9E · #9EFFEF

Tetradic palette

#FFE042 · #42FF81 · #4262FF · #FF42C0 · #E6BF00

Monochromatic palette

#A88C00 · #F5CC00 · #FFE042 · #FFEC8F · #FFF9DB

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