What color is #FFE500?

#FFE500 is a vivid yellow known as Star. It belongs to the yellow family of colors.

What is the RGB value of Star?

The RGB value is 255, 229, 0: 255 red, 229 green and 0 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of Star?

The complementary color is #001AFF, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #FFE500?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 16.46:1 and white text 1.28:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

Star color: hex code #FFE500

#FFE500 rgb(255, 229, 0)

Shades of yellow

Star has the hex code #FFE500. It is a vivid yellow.

In the RGB color model it is made of 100% red, 89.8% green and 0% blue (255, 229, 0).

Its hue angle is 54°, with 100% saturation and 50% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 0% cyan, 10% magenta, 100% yellow and 0% black.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 16.46:1).

Star (#FFE500) color codes

HEX	`#FFE500`
RGB	`rgb(255, 229, 0)`
RGB percent	`rgb(100%, 89.8%, 0%)`
HSL	`hsl(54, 100%, 50%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(54, 100%, 100%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 10%, 100%, 0%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(90.46, -8.94, 89.64)`
CIE LCH	`lch(90.46, 90.09, 95.69)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(69.263, 77.302, 11.273)`
Decimal	`16770304`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with Star, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #FFE500	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	16.46:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	1.28:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#FFE500 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	1.28:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	16.46:1	Pass	Pass	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #FFE500 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #ffe500; }
.text { color: #ffe500; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ffe500; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(255 229 0 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #ffe500, #9aff00); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Canary Yellow.

See #FFE500 on its hex code page

Questions

What color is #FFE500?: #FFE500 is a vivid yellow known as Star. It belongs to the yellow family of colors.
What is the RGB value of Star?: The RGB value is 255, 229, 0: 255 red, 229 green and 0 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of Star?: The complementary color is #001AFF, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #FFE500?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 16.46:1 and white text 1.28:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.