Recognised as Colour

#F0E86B

#F0E86B
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#F0E86B is a yellow with RGB values 240, 232, 107 and HSL 56°, 82%, 68%. 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

#F0E86B#F0E86B

HEX#F0E86B

RGBrgb(240, 232, 107)

RGB (0–1)0.9412, 0.9098, 0.4196

RGB percentages94.1%, 91%, 42%

HSLhsl(56.4, 81.6%, 68%)

HSV / HSBhsv(56.4, 55.4%, 94.1%)

CMYK0%, 3.3%, 55.4%, 5.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,788,139

CSS custom property--colour: #F0E86B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.773WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness223.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.46:1

Contrast with white1.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E1E1E1

Inverted#0F1794

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FAE05Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#FDE672no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.1 from the original

Tritanopia#FFDACCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.28:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 16.1 Dark khaki · ΔE 27.6 Gold · ΔE 28.9 Yellow green · ΔE 29.3 Goldenrod · ΔE 30.2 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 30.2

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 16.14, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6B73F0

Analogous#F0A56B, #B6F06B

Triadic#6BF0E8, #E86BF0

Split complementary#6BB6F0, #A56BF0

Tetradic#6BF0A6, #6B73F0, #F06BB6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FEFEF6

Lighter +20%#F9F6C8

Lighter +10%#F5EF99

Darker −10%#EBE13D

Darker −20%#DED217

Darker −30%#B0A712

Darker −40%#827B0D

More saturated +25%#FFF55C

Less saturated −25%#DCD67F

Channel breakdown

R240

G232

B107

Red240 (94.1%)

Green232 (91%)

Blue107 (42%)

Hue56.39°

Saturation (HSL)81.6%

Lightness68.04%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F0 · G E8 · B 6B

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Colour values

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