Colour

#F3E160

#F3E160
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#F3E160 is a yellow with RGB values 243, 225, 96 and HSL 53°, 86%, 66%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#F3E160#F3E160

HEX#F3E160

RGBrgb(243, 225, 96)

RGB (0–1)0.9529, 0.8824, 0.3765

RGB percentages95.3%, 88.2%, 37.6%

HSLhsl(52.7, 86%, 66.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.7, 60.5%, 95.3%)

CMYK0%, 7.4%, 60.5%, 4.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,982,944

CSS custom property--colour: #F3E160;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7375WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness220.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.75:1

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

Contrast with black15.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DCDCDC

Inverted#0C1E9F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F4DB52no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#F9E267no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD2C5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 56.1 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 text15.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 18.7 Gold · ΔE 24.6 Goldenrod · ΔE 25.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 28.8 Yellow green · ΔE 31.6 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 32.8

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 18.74, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6072F3

Analogous#F39860, #BBF360

Triadic#60F3E1, #E160F3

Split complementary#60BBF3, #9860F3

Tetradic#60F398, #6072F3, #F360BB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FEFCEE

Lighter +20%#FAF3BF

Lighter +10%#F7EA8F

Darker −10%#EFD831

Darker −20%#DCC311

Darker −30%#AD990D

Darker −40%#7E6F09

More saturated +25%#FFEA54

Less saturated −25%#DED175

Channel breakdown

R243

G225

B96

Red243 (95.3%)

Green225 (88.2%)

Blue96 (37.6%)

Hue52.65°

Saturation (HSL)85.96%

Lightness66.47%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F3 · G E1 · B 60

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