Recognised as Colour

#F2EDAC

#F2EDAC
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#F2EDAC is a yellow with RGB values 242, 237, 172 and HSL 56°, 73%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#F2EDAC#F2EDAC

HEX#F2EDAC

RGBrgb(242, 237, 172)

RGB (0–1)0.949, 0.9294, 0.6745

RGB percentages94.9%, 92.9%, 67.5%

HSLhsl(55.7, 72.9%, 81.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(55.7, 28.9%, 94.9%)

CMYK0%, 2.1%, 28.9%, 5.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,920,556

CSS custom property--colour: #F2EDAC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.82424WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness232.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.48:1

Contrast with white1.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E9E9E9

Inverted#0D1253

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F8E8A8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#FBECAEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FCE4DCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.2:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 2.2 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 11.4 Moccasin · ΔE 12.1 Khaki · ΔE 13.1 Wheat · ΔE 13.1 Navajo white · ΔE 13.5

Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 2.16, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#ACB1F2

Analogous#F2CAAC, #D4F2AC

Triadic#ACF2ED, #EDACF2

Split complementary#ACD4F2, #CAACF2

Tetradic#ACF2CA, #ACB1F2, #F2ACD4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F9F7D8

Darker −10%#EBE380

Darker −20%#E4DA54

Darker −30%#DDD028

Darker −40%#B6AB1C

More saturated +25%#FEF7A0

Less saturated −25%#E6E3B8

Channel breakdown

R242

G237

B172

Red242 (94.9%)

Green237 (92.9%)

Blue172 (67.5%)

Hue55.71°

Saturation (HSL)72.92%

Lightness81.18%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F2 · G ED · B AC

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Colour values

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