Colour

#F2E200

#F2E200
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#F2E200 is a yellow with RGB values 242, 226, 0 and HSL 56°, 100%, 47%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#F2E200#F2E200

HEX#F2E200

RGBrgb(242, 226, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.949, 0.8863, 0

RGB percentages94.9%, 88.6%, 0%

HSLhsl(56, 100%, 47.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(56, 100%, 94.9%)

CMYK0%, 6.6%, 100%, 5.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,917,568

CSS custom property--colour: #F2E200;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7327WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness217.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.65:1

Contrast with white1.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.65:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D5D5D5

Inverted#0D1DFF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F8DA00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#FDE229no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD1C0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 78 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.34:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 11.2 Yellow · ΔE 13.9 Goldenrod · ΔE 33.7 Yellow green · ΔE 35 Green yellow · ΔE 40.1 Orange · ΔE 40.3

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 11.16, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0010F2

Analogous#F26900, #89F200

Triadic#00F2E2, #E200F2

Split complementary#0089F2, #6900F2

Tetradic#00F269, #0010F2, #F20089

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFBBF

Lighter +30%#FFF78C

Lighter +20%#FFF459

Lighter +10%#FFF126

Darker −10%#BFB200

Darker −20%#8C8300

Darker −30%#595300

Darker −40%#262300

More saturated +25%#F2E200

Less saturated −25%#D4C81E

Channel breakdown

R242

G226

Red242 (94.9%)

Green226 (88.6%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue56.03°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness47.45%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F2 · G E2 · B 00

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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