Recognised as Colour

#F2DD72

#F2DD72
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#F2DD72 is a yellow with RGB values 242, 221, 114 and HSL 50°, 83%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#F2DD72#F2DD72

HEX#F2DD72

RGBrgb(242, 221, 114)

RGB (0–1)0.949, 0.8667, 0.4471

RGB percentages94.9%, 86.7%, 44.7%

HSLhsl(50.2, 83.1%, 69.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.2, 52.9%, 94.9%)

CMYK0%, 8.7%, 52.9%, 5.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,916,402

CSS custom property--colour: #F2DD72;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71805WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness218.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.36:1

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

Contrast with black15.36:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DADADA

Inverted#0D228D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EFD868no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#F5E077no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD0C5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.7 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 text15.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 10.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 21.2 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 23.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 26.6 Navajo white · ΔE 28.4 Moccasin · ΔE 29.6

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 10.26, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7287F2

Analogous#F29D72, #C7F272

Triadic#72F2DD, #DD72F2

Split complementary#72C7F2, #9D72F2

Tetradic#72F29D, #7287F2, #F272C7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFE

Lighter +20%#FBF4CF

Lighter +10%#F6E8A1

Darker −10%#EED243

Darker −20%#E9C615

Darker −30%#BA9E11

Darker −40%#8B760D

More saturated +25%#FFE665

Less saturated −25%#DFD085

Channel breakdown

R242

G221

B114

Red242 (94.9%)

Green221 (86.7%)

Blue114 (44.7%)

Hue50.16°

Saturation (HSL)83.12%

Lightness69.8%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F2 · G DD · B 72

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