Colour

#F2DF56

#F2DF56
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#F2DF56 is a yellow with RGB values 242, 223, 86 and HSL 53°, 86%, 64%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#F2DF56#F2DF56

HEX#F2DF56

RGBrgb(242, 223, 86)

RGB (0–1)0.949, 0.8745, 0.3373

RGB percentages94.9%, 87.5%, 33.7%

HSLhsl(52.7, 85.7%, 64.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.7, 64.5%, 94.9%)

CMYK0%, 7.9%, 64.5%, 5.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,916,886

CSS custom property--colour: #F2DF56;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72324WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness218 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.46:1

Contrast with white1.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9

Inverted#0D20A9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F3D945no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#F8E15Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD0C3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 59.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.36:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 21.3 Khaki · ΔE 22.2 Goldenrod · ΔE 24.7 Yellow green · ΔE 31.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 31.5 Yellow · ΔE 31.5

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 21.31, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5669F2

Analogous#F29156, #B7F256

Triadic#56F2DF, #DF56F2

Split complementary#56B7F2, #9156F2

Tetradic#56F291, #5669F2, #F256B7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FDFAE4

Lighter +20%#F9F1B5

Lighter +10%#F6E885

Darker −10%#EED627

Darker −20%#D2BA10

Darker −30%#A3900D

Darker −40%#736609

More saturated +25%#FFE949

Less saturated −25%#DBCE6D

Channel breakdown

R242

G223

B86

Red242 (94.9%)

Green223 (87.5%)

Blue86 (33.7%)

Hue52.69°

Saturation (HSL)85.71%

Lightness64.31%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F2 · G DF · B 56

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Colour values

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