Recognised as Colour

#F2DE44

#F2DE44
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#F2DE44 is a yellow with RGB values 242, 222, 68 and HSL 53°, 87%, 61%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#F2DE44#F2DE44

HEX#F2DE44

RGBrgb(242, 222, 68)

RGB (0–1)0.949, 0.8706, 0.2667

RGB percentages94.9%, 87.1%, 26.7%

HSLhsl(53.1, 87%, 60.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(53.1, 71.9%, 94.9%)

CMYK0%, 8.3%, 71.9%, 5.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,916,612

CSS custom property--colour: #F2DE44;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71537WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness216.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.31:1

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

Contrast with black15.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7

Inverted#0D21BB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F3D729no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#F8E04Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FFCEC0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 64.9 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 text15.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 15.6 Goldenrod · ΔE 25.1 Yellow · ΔE 26 Khaki · ΔE 28.7 Yellow green · ΔE 31.5 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 36.1

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 15.57, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4458F2

Analogous#F28744, #AFF244

Triadic#44F2DE, #DE44F2

Split complementary#44AFF2, #8744F2

Tetradic#44F287, #4458F2, #F244AF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FCF7D3

Lighter +20%#F9EFA3

Lighter +10%#F5E674

Darker −10%#EFD614

Darker −20%#C2AE0E

Darker −30%#93830A

Darker −40%#635907

More saturated +25%#FFE837

Less saturated −25%#D9CB5D

Channel breakdown

R242

G222

B68

Red242 (94.9%)

Green222 (87.1%)

Blue68 (26.7%)

Hue53.1°

Saturation (HSL)87%

Lightness60.78%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F2 · G DE · B 44

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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