Recognised as Colour

#F2E426

#F2E426
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#F2E426 is a yellow with RGB values 242, 228, 38 and HSL 56°, 89%, 55%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

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HEX#F2E426

RGBrgb(242, 228, 38)

RGB (0–1)0.949, 0.8941, 0.149

RGB percentages94.9%, 89.4%, 14.9%

HSLhsl(55.9, 88.7%, 54.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(55.9, 84.3%, 94.9%)

CMYK0%, 5.8%, 84.3%, 5.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,918,118

CSS custom property--colour: #F2E426;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74504WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness219.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.9:1

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

Contrast with black15.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9

Inverted#0D1BD9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F9DC00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#FEE339no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD4C3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 74 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 text15.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 12.3 Yellow · ΔE 15.9 Goldenrod · ΔE 32.1 Yellow green · ΔE 32.3 Khaki · ΔE 38.6 Green yellow · ΔE 39.2

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 12.31, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2634F2

Analogous#F27E26, #9AF226

Triadic#26F2E4, #E426F2

Split complementary#269AF2, #7E26F2

Tetradic#26F27E, #2634F2, #F2269A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FEFCE6

Lighter +30%#FBF6B6

Lighter +20%#F8F086

Lighter +10%#F5EA56

Darker −10%#D8CA0D

Darker −20%#A89D0A

Darker −30%#787007

Darker −40%#484304

More saturated +25%#FFEF19

Less saturated −25%#D5CB43

Channel breakdown

R242

G228

B38

Red242 (94.9%)

Green228 (89.4%)

Blue38 (14.9%)

Hue55.88°

Saturation (HSL)88.7%

Lightness54.9%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F2 · G E4 · B 26

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