Recognised as Colour

#F2E595

#F2E595
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#F2E595 is a yellow with RGB values 242, 229, 149 and HSL 52°, 78%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#F2E595

RGBrgb(242, 229, 149)

RGB (0–1)0.949, 0.898, 0.5843

RGB percentages94.9%, 89.8%, 58.4%

HSLhsl(51.6, 78.2%, 76.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.6, 38.4%, 94.9%)

CMYK0%, 5.4%, 38.4%, 5.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,918,485

CSS custom property--colour: #F2E595;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77086WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness225.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.42:1

Contrast with white1.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.42:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E2E2E2

Inverted#0D1A6A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F3E08Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#F7E698no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original

Tritanopia#FFDAD1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.28:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 4.9 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 9.7 Navajo white · ΔE 16.7 Moccasin · ΔE 17 Dark khaki · ΔE 17.1 Wheat · ΔE 18.6

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 4.91, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#95A2F2

Analogous#F2B695, #D0F295

Triadic#95F2E5, #E595F2

Split complementary#95D0F2, #B695F2

Tetradic#95F2B6, #95A2F2, #F295D0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FDFBF0

Lighter +10%#F8F0C2

Darker −10%#ECDA68

Darker −20%#E7CF3A

Darker −30%#D4BA1A

Darker −40%#A79214

More saturated +25%#FFEE88

Less saturated −25%#E3DAA4

Channel breakdown

R242

G229

B149

Red242 (94.9%)

Green229 (89.8%)

Blue149 (58.4%)

Hue51.61°

Saturation (HSL)78.15%

Lightness76.67%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F2 · G E5 · B 95

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