Recognised as Colour

#F3E374

#F3E374
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#F3E374 is a yellow with RGB values 243, 227, 116 and HSL 52°, 84%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#F3E374#F3E374

HEX#F3E374

RGBrgb(243, 227, 116)

RGB (0–1)0.9529, 0.8902, 0.4549

RGB percentages95.3%, 89%, 45.5%

HSLhsl(52.4, 84.1%, 70.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.4, 52.3%, 95.3%)

CMYK0%, 6.6%, 52.3%, 4.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,983,476

CSS custom property--colour: #F3E374;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75254WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness222.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.05:1

Contrast with white1.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE

Inverted#0C1C8B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F5DD6Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#F9E479no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD6CAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.31:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 10.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 22.9 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 24.6 Goldenrod · ΔE 28.6 Navajo white · ΔE 30.2 Moccasin · ΔE 31.2

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 10.58, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7484F3

Analogous#F3A474, #C3F374

Triadic#74F3E3, #E374F3

Split complementary#74C3F3, #A474F3

Tetradic#74F3A4, #7484F3, #F374C3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FBF6D2

Lighter +10%#F7ECA3

Darker −10%#EFDA45

Darker −20%#EBD016

Darker −30%#BEA810

Darker −40%#8F7E0C

More saturated +25%#FFEC68

Less saturated −25%#E0D587

Channel breakdown

R243

G227

B116

Red243 (95.3%)

Green227 (89%)

Blue116 (45.5%)

Hue52.44°

Saturation (HSL)84.11%

Lightness70.39%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F3 · G E3 · B 74

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