Colour

#F2E176

#F2E176
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#F2E176 is a yellow with RGB values 242, 225, 118 and HSL 52°, 83%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#F2E176#F2E176

HEX#F2E176

RGBrgb(242, 225, 118)

RGB (0–1)0.949, 0.8824, 0.4627

RGB percentages94.9%, 88.2%, 46.3%

HSLhsl(51.8, 82.7%, 70.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.8, 51.2%, 94.9%)

CMYK0%, 7%, 51.2%, 5.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,917,430

CSS custom property--colour: #F2E176;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74036WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness220.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.81:1

Contrast with white1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DDDDDD

Inverted#0D1E89

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F2DB6Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#F7E27Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD4C8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.33:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 9.1 Dark khaki · ΔE 21.4 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 23 Navajo white · ΔE 28.4 Goldenrod · ΔE 28.5 Moccasin · ΔE 29.5

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 9.1, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7687F2

Analogous#F2A376, #C5F276

Triadic#76F2E1, #E176F2

Split complementary#76C5F2, #A376F2

Tetradic#76F2A3, #7687F2, #F276C5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FBF5D3

Lighter +10%#F6EBA5

Darker −10%#EED747

Darker −20%#E9CD19

Darker −30%#BDA612

Darker −40%#8E7D0E

More saturated +25%#FFEA69

Less saturated −25%#DFD389

Channel breakdown

R242

G225

B118

Red242 (94.9%)

Green225 (88.2%)

Blue118 (46.3%)

Hue51.77°

Saturation (HSL)82.67%

Lightness70.59%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F2 · G E1 · B 76

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