Recognised as Colour

#F2DA5B

#F2DA5B
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#F2DA5B is a yellow with RGB values 242, 218, 91 and HSL 50°, 85%, 65%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#F2DA5B#F2DA5B

HEX#F2DA5B

RGBrgb(242, 218, 91)

RGB (0–1)0.949, 0.8549, 0.3569

RGB percentages94.9%, 85.5%, 35.7%

HSLhsl(50.5, 85.3%, 65.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.5, 62.4%, 94.9%)

CMYK0%, 9.9%, 62.4%, 5.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,915,611

CSS custom property--colour: #F2DA5B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69775WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness215.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.96:1

Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D6D6D6

Inverted#0D25A4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EED54Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#F4DD62no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original

Tritanopia#FFCBBFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 19.2 Goldenrod · ΔE 22.4 Gold · ΔE 23.8 Dark khaki · ΔE 28 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 32 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 33

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 19.22, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5B73F2

Analogous#F28E5B, #BFF25B

Triadic#5BF2DA, #DA5BF2

Split complementary#5BBEF2, #8F5BF2

Tetradic#5BF28E, #5B73F2, #F25BBE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FDFAE9

Lighter +20%#F9EFBA

Lighter +10%#F6E58A

Darker −10%#EECF2C

Darker −20%#D6B711

Darker −30%#A78E0D

Darker −40%#786609

More saturated +25%#FFE34E

Less saturated −25%#DCCB71

Channel breakdown

R242

G218

B91

Red242 (94.9%)

Green218 (85.5%)

Blue91 (35.7%)

Hue50.46°

Saturation (HSL)85.31%

Lightness65.29%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F2 · G DA · B 5B

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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