Recognised as Colour

#F2DC79

#F2DC79
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#F2DC79 is a yellow with RGB values 242, 220, 121 and HSL 49°, 82%, 71%. 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

#F2DC79#F2DC79

HEX#F2DC79

RGBrgb(242, 220, 121)

RGB (0–1)0.949, 0.8627, 0.4745

RGB percentages94.9%, 86.3%, 47.5%

HSLhsl(49.1, 82.3%, 71.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.1, 50%, 94.9%)

CMYK0%, 9.1%, 50%, 5.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,916,153

CSS custom property--colour: #F2DC79;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71444WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness218.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.29:1

Contrast with white1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DADADA

Inverted#0D2386

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EDD870no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#F3DF7Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original

Tritanopia#FFCFC5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.37:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 7.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 18.9 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 20.4 Navajo white · ΔE 24.7 Moccasin · ΔE 26 Burlywood · ΔE 26.4

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 7.7, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#798FF2

Analogous#F2A079, #CBF279

Triadic#79F2DC, #DC79F2

Split complementary#79CBF2, #A079F2

Tetradic#79F2A0, #798FF2, #F279CB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FBF4D6

Lighter +10%#F7E8A7

Darker −10%#EDD04B

Darker −20%#E9C41C

Darker −30%#BFA013

Darker −40%#91790E

More saturated +25%#FFE46C

Less saturated −25%#E0D08B

Channel breakdown

R242

G220

B121

Red242 (94.9%)

Green220 (86.3%)

Blue121 (47.5%)

Hue49.09°

Saturation (HSL)82.31%

Lightness71.18%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F2 · G DC · B 79

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