Colour

#F0E09A

#F0E09A
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#F0E09A is a yellow with RGB values 240, 224, 154 and HSL 49°, 74%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#F0E09A#F0E09A

HEX#F0E09A

RGBrgb(240, 224, 154)

RGB (0–1)0.9412, 0.8784, 0.6039

RGB percentages94.1%, 87.8%, 60.4%

HSLhsl(48.8, 74.1%, 77.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.8, 35.8%, 94.1%)

CMYK0%, 6.7%, 35.8%, 5.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,786,138

CSS custom property--colour: #F0E09A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7417WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness222.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.83:1

Contrast with white1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE

Inverted#0F1F65

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EEDC95no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#F2E29Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#FDD6CEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.33:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 6.4 Khaki · ΔE 9.9 Navajo white · ΔE 12.1 Moccasin · ΔE 12.4 Wheat · ΔE 13.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 16.5

Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 6.41, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9AAAF0

Analogous#F0B59A, #D5F09A

Triadic#9AF0E0, #E09AF0

Split complementary#9AD5F0, #B59AF0

Tetradic#9AF0B5, #9AAAF0, #F09AD5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FDFBF3

Lighter +10%#F7EEC6

Darker −10%#E9D26E

Darker −20%#E3C541

Darker −30%#D2B11F

Darker −40%#A58B19

More saturated +25%#FFE98B

Less saturated −25%#E1D7A8

Channel breakdown

R240

G224

B154

Red240 (94.1%)

Green224 (87.8%)

Blue154 (60.4%)

Hue48.84°

Saturation (HSL)74.14%

Lightness77.25%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F0 · G E0 · B 9A

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