Colour

#F2F247

#F2F247
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Yellow

#F2F247 is a yellow with RGB values 242, 242, 71 and HSL 60°, 87%, 61%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow.

Colour values

#F2F247#F2F247

HEX#F2F247

RGBrgb(242, 242, 71)

RGB (0–1)0.949, 0.949, 0.2784

RGB percentages94.9%, 94.9%, 27.8%

HSLhsl(60, 86.8%, 61.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(60, 70.7%, 94.9%)

CMYK0%, 0%, 70.7%, 5.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,921,735

CSS custom property--colour: #F2F247;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.82836WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness229 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.57:1

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

Contrast with black17.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E6E6E6

Inverted#0D0DB8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFE827no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFED54no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FFE3D1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 70.2 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 text17.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow · ΔE 17.7 Gold · ΔE 20.6 Yellow green · ΔE 27.3 Green yellow · ΔE 33.7 Khaki · ΔE 34.1 Goldenrod · ΔE 36.5

Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 17.67, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4747F2

Analogous#F29D47, #9DF247

Triadic#47F2F2, #F247F2

Split complementary#479DF2, #9D47F2

Tetradic#47F29D, #4747F2, #F2479D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FCFCD6

Lighter +20%#F9F9A6

Lighter +10%#F5F577

Darker −10%#EFEF17

Darker −20%#C5C50E

Darker −30%#95950B

Darker −40%#666607

More saturated +25%#FFFF3A

Less saturated −25%#D9D960

Channel breakdown

R242

G242

B71

Red242 (94.9%)

Green242 (94.9%)

Blue71 (27.8%)

Hue60°

Saturation (HSL)86.8%

Lightness61.37%

Dominant channelRed and Green

Hex per channelR F2 · G F2 · B 47

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Colour values

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