Colour

#F2E26F

#F2E26F
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#F2E26F is a yellow with RGB values 242, 226, 111 and HSL 53°, 83%, 69%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#F2E26F#F2E26F

HEX#F2E26F

RGBrgb(242, 226, 111)

RGB (0–1)0.949, 0.8863, 0.4353

RGB percentages94.9%, 88.6%, 43.5%

HSLhsl(52.7, 83.4%, 69.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.7, 54.1%, 94.9%)

CMYK0%, 6.6%, 54.1%, 5.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,917,679

CSS custom property--colour: #F2E26F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74418WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness221.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.88:1

Contrast with white1.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DDDDDD

Inverted#0D1D90

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F4DC64no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#F9E374no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD4C8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.32:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 12.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 23.9 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 26.5 Goldenrod · ΔE 27.7 Gold · ΔE 30.7 Navajo white · ΔE 32

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 12.42, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6F7FF2

Analogous#F2A16F, #C0F26F

Triadic#6FF2E2, #E26FF2

Split complementary#6FC0F2, #A16FF2

Tetradic#6FF2A1, #6F7FF2, #F26FC0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFEFB

Lighter +20%#FAF5CD

Lighter +10%#F6EB9E

Darker −10%#EED940

Darker −20%#E6CD15

Darker −30%#B7A311

Darker −40%#89790C

More saturated +25%#FFEC62

Less saturated −25%#DED383

Channel breakdown

R242

G226

B111

Red242 (94.9%)

Green226 (88.6%)

Blue111 (43.5%)

Hue52.67°

Saturation (HSL)83.44%

Lightness69.22%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F2 · G E2 · B 6F

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Colour values

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