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Recognised as Colour

#F0E199

  • #F0E199
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#F0E199 is a yellow with RGB values 240, 225, 153 and HSL 50°, 74%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#F0E199#F0E199
HEX#F0E199
RGBrgb(240, 225, 153)
RGB (0–1)0.9412, 0.8824, 0.6
RGB percentages94.1%, 88.2%, 60%
HSLhsl(49.7, 74.4%, 77.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49.7, 36.3%, 94.1%)
CMYK0%, 6.3%, 36.3%, 5.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,786,393
CSS custom property--colour: #F0E199;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74676WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness222.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.94:1
Contrast with white1.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DFDFDF
Inverted#0F1E66

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EFDD94no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#F3E39Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original
Tritanopia#FDD7CFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.32:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 6.8Khaki · ΔE 8.9Navajo white · ΔE 13.1Moccasin · ΔE 13.4Wheat · ΔE 14.7Dark khaki · ΔE 16.4
Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 6.81, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#99A8F0
Analogous#F0B599, #D3F099
Triadic#99F0E1, #E199F0
Split complementary#99D3F0, #B599F0
Tetradic#99F0B6, #99A8F0, #F099D4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FDFBF2
Lighter +10%#F7EEC5
Darker −10%#E9D46D
Darker −20%#E3C740
Darker −30%#D1B21F
Darker −40%#A58D18
More saturated +25%#FFEB8A
Less saturated −25%#E1D7A8

Channel breakdown

R240
G225
B153
Red240 (94.1%)
Green225 (88.2%)
Blue153 (60%)
Hue49.66°
Saturation (HSL)74.36%
Lightness77.06%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR F0 · G E1 · B 99

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