Recognised as Colour

#F2DF72

#F2DF72
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#F2DF72 is a yellow with RGB values 242, 223, 114 and HSL 51°, 83%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#F2DF72#F2DF72

HEX#F2DF72

RGBrgb(242, 223, 114)

RGB (0–1)0.949, 0.8745, 0.4471

RGB percentages94.9%, 87.5%, 44.7%

HSLhsl(51.1, 83.1%, 69.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.1, 52.9%, 94.9%)

CMYK0%, 7.9%, 52.9%, 5.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,916,914

CSS custom property--colour: #F2DF72;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72868WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness219.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.57:1

Contrast with white1.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DBDBDB

Inverted#0D208D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F1DA68no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#F6E177no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD2C6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.35:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 10.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 21.9 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 24.3 Goldenrod · ΔE 27.2 Navajo white · ΔE 29.3 Moccasin · ΔE 30.5

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 10.49, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7285F2

Analogous#F29F72, #C5F272

Triadic#72F2DF, #DF72F2

Split complementary#72C5F2, #9F72F2

Tetradic#72F29F, #7285F2, #F272C5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFE

Lighter +20%#FBF4CF

Lighter +10%#F6EAA1

Darker −10%#EED443

Darker −20%#E9C915

Darker −30%#BAA111

Darker −40%#8B780D

More saturated +25%#FFE865

Less saturated −25%#DFD185

Channel breakdown

R242

G223

B114

Red242 (94.9%)

Green223 (87.5%)

Blue114 (44.7%)

Hue51.09°

Saturation (HSL)83.12%

Lightness69.8%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F2 · G DF · B 72

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Colour harmonies

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