Colour

#F0D840

#F0D840
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#F0D840 is a yellow with RGB values 240, 216, 64 and HSL 52°, 85%, 60%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

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HEX#F0D840

RGBrgb(240, 216, 64)

RGB (0–1)0.9412, 0.8471, 0.251

RGB percentages94.1%, 84.7%, 25.1%

HSLhsl(51.8, 85.4%, 59.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.8, 73.3%, 94.1%)

CMYK0%, 10%, 73.3%, 5.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,784,000

CSS custom property--colour: #F0D840;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68007WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness212.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.6:1

Contrast with white1.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D2D2D2

Inverted#0F27BF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EDD224no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#F3DB4Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Tritanopia#FFC8BBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 64.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.44:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 15 Goldenrod · ΔE 22.5 Yellow · ΔE 27.9 Khaki · ΔE 28.6 Yellow green · ΔE 32.7 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 33.6

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 15.02, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4058F0

Analogous#F08040, #B0F040

Triadic#40F0D8, #D840F0

Split complementary#40B0F0, #8040F0

Tetradic#40F080, #4058F0, #F040B0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFD

Lighter +30%#FBF5CE

Lighter +20%#F7EB9F

Lighter +10%#F4E26F

Darker −10%#EBCD12

Darker −20%#BBA40F

Darker −30%#8C7A0B

Darker −40%#5D5107

More saturated +25%#FFE331

Less saturated −25%#D6C55A

Channel breakdown

R240

G216

B64

Red240 (94.1%)

Green216 (84.7%)

Blue64 (25.1%)

Hue51.82°

Saturation (HSL)85.44%

Lightness59.61%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F0 · G D8 · B 40

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Colour values

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