Recognised as Colour

#F2E121

#F2E121
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#F2E121 is a yellow with RGB values 242, 225, 33 and HSL 55°, 89%, 54%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

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HEX#F2E121

RGBrgb(242, 225, 33)

RGB (0–1)0.949, 0.8824, 0.1294

RGB percentages94.9%, 88.2%, 12.9%

HSLhsl(55.1, 88.9%, 53.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(55.1, 86.4%, 94.9%)

CMYK0%, 7%, 86.4%, 5.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,917,345

CSS custom property--colour: #F2E121;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72837WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness217.6 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#D7D7D7

Inverted#0D1EDE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F6D900no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#FCE136no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD0C0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 74.3 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

Gold · ΔE 10.8 Yellow · ΔE 16.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 30.9 Yellow green · ΔE 33.3 Orange · ΔE 38.7 Khaki · ΔE 38.9

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 10.78, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2132F2

Analogous#F27821, #9BF221

Triadic#21F2E1, #E121F2

Split complementary#219BF2, #7821F2

Tetradic#21F278, #2132F2, #F2219B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FDFBE2

Lighter +30%#FAF5B2

Lighter +20%#F8EE81

Lighter +10%#F5E851

Darker −10%#D4C30C

Darker −20%#A3970A

Darker −30%#736A07

Darker −40%#433E04

More saturated +25%#FFEC14

Less saturated −25%#D5C83E

Channel breakdown

R242

G225

B33

Red242 (94.9%)

Green225 (88.2%)

Blue33 (12.9%)

Hue55.12°

Saturation (HSL)88.94%

Lightness53.92%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F2 · G E1 · B 21

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Colour harmonies

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