Recognised as Colour

#F2DC71

#F2DC71
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#F2DC71 is a yellow with RGB values 242, 220, 113 and HSL 50°, 83%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#F2DC71#F2DC71

HEX#F2DC71

RGBrgb(242, 220, 113)

RGB (0–1)0.949, 0.8627, 0.4431

RGB percentages94.9%, 86.3%, 44.3%

HSLhsl(49.8, 83.2%, 69.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.8, 53.3%, 94.9%)

CMYK0%, 9.1%, 53.3%, 5.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,916,145

CSS custom property--colour: #F2DC71;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71256WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness217.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.25:1

Contrast with white1.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9

Inverted#0D238E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EED767no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#F4DF76no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FFCFC4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.38:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 10.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 21.2 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 24 Goldenrod · ΔE 26.1 Navajo white · ΔE 28.4 Burlywood · ΔE 29.7

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 10.6, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7187F2

Analogous#F29B71, #C8F271

Triadic#71F2DC, #DC71F2

Split complementary#71C7F2, #9C71F2

Tetradic#71F29C, #7187F2, #F271C7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFD

Lighter +20%#FBF3CE

Lighter +10%#F6E8A0

Darker −10%#EED042

Darker −20%#E8C415

Darker −30%#B99C11

Darker −40%#8A750D

More saturated +25%#FFE564

Less saturated −25%#DFCF84

Channel breakdown

R242

G220

B113

Red242 (94.9%)

Green220 (86.3%)

Blue113 (44.3%)

Hue49.77°

Saturation (HSL)83.23%

Lightness69.61%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F2 · G DC · B 71

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Colour harmonies

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