Recognised as Colour

#F0D72F

#F0D72F
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#F0D72F is a yellow with RGB values 240, 215, 47 and HSL 52°, 87%, 56%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#F0D72F#F0D72F

HEX#F0D72F

RGBrgb(240, 215, 47)

RGB (0–1)0.9412, 0.8431, 0.1843

RGB percentages94.1%, 84.3%, 18.4%

HSLhsl(52.2, 86.5%, 56.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.2, 80.4%, 94.1%)

CMYK0%, 10.4%, 80.4%, 5.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,783,727

CSS custom property--colour: #F0D72F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67331WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness211.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.47:1

Contrast with white1.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.47:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0

Inverted#0F28D0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#ECD100no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#F3DA3Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FFC7B9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 68.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.45:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 10.7 Goldenrod · ΔE 23.8 Yellow · ΔE 24.4 Orange · ΔE 33.3 Khaki · ΔE 33.5 Yellow green · ΔE 33.8

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 10.68, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#2F48F0

Analogous#F0772F, #A8F02F

Triadic#2FF0D7, #D72FF0

Split complementary#2FA8F0, #772FF0

Tetradic#2FF077, #2F48F0, #F02FA8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FEFCED

Lighter +30%#FAF2BE

Lighter +20%#F7E98E

Lighter +10%#F3E05F

Darker −10%#DCC210

Darker −20%#AD980C

Darker −30%#7D6E09

Darker −40%#4D4406

More saturated +25%#FFE220

Less saturated −25%#D4C24B

Channel breakdown

R240

G215

B47

Red240 (94.1%)

Green215 (84.3%)

Blue47 (18.4%)

Hue52.23°

Saturation (HSL)86.55%

Lightness56.27%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F0 · G D7 · B 2F

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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