Recognised as Colour

#F0E698

#F0E698
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#F0E698 is a yellow with RGB values 240, 230, 152 and HSL 53°, 75%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#F0E698

RGBrgb(240, 230, 152)

RGB (0–1)0.9412, 0.902, 0.5961

RGB percentages94.1%, 90.2%, 59.6%

HSLhsl(53.2, 74.6%, 76.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(53.2, 36.7%, 94.1%)

CMYK0%, 4.2%, 36.7%, 5.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,787,672

CSS custom property--colour: #F0E698;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77386WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness225.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.48:1

Contrast with white1.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E2E2E2

Inverted#0F1967

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F4E192no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original

Deuteranopia#F7E69Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original

Tritanopia#FCDCD2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.27:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 5.9 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 8.3 Navajo white · ΔE 16.4 Moccasin · ΔE 16.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 17.2 Wheat · ΔE 17.9

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 5.87, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#98A2F0

Analogous#F0BA98, #CEF098

Triadic#98F0E6, #E698F0

Split complementary#98CEF0, #BA98F0

Tetradic#98F0BA, #98A2F0, #F098CE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FDFCF1

Lighter +10%#F6F1C5

Darker −10%#EADB6B

Darker −20%#E3D03F

Darker −30%#D1BC1E

Darker −40%#A49418

More saturated +25%#FFF189

Less saturated −25%#E1DBA7

Channel breakdown

R240

G230

B152

Red240 (94.1%)

Green230 (90.2%)

Blue152 (59.6%)

Hue53.18°

Saturation (HSL)74.58%

Lightness76.86%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F0 · G E6 · B 98

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