Colour

#F2E300

#F2E300
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#F2E300 is a yellow with RGB values 242, 227, 0 and HSL 56°, 100%, 47%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#F2E300#F2E300

HEX#F2E300

RGBrgb(242, 227, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.949, 0.8902, 0

RGB percentages94.9%, 89%, 0%

HSLhsl(56.3, 100%, 47.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(56.3, 100%, 94.9%)

CMYK0%, 6.2%, 100%, 5.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,917,824

CSS custom property--colour: #F2E300;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73815WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness218.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.76:1

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

Contrast with black15.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D6D6D6

Inverted#0D1CFF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F9DB00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#FEE329no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.1 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD2C1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 78.3 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 text15.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 11.7 Yellow · ΔE 13.3 Goldenrod · ΔE 34.3 Yellow green · ΔE 34.8 Green yellow · ΔE 39.6 Orange · ΔE 40.9

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 11.69, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#000FF2

Analogous#F26A00, #88F200

Triadic#00F2E3, #E300F2

Split complementary#0088F2, #6A00F2

Tetradic#00F26A, #000FF2, #F20088

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFBBF

Lighter +30%#FFF88C

Lighter +20%#FFF559

Lighter +10%#FFF226

Darker −10%#BFB300

Darker −20%#8C8300

Darker −30%#595300

Darker −40%#262400

More saturated +25%#F2E300

Less saturated −25%#D4C91E

Channel breakdown

R242

G227

Red242 (94.9%)

Green227 (89%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue56.28°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness47.45%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F2 · G E3 · B 00

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Colour values

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