Recognised as Colour
#F3E515
- #F3E515
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Gold
#F3E515 is a yellow with RGB values 243, 229, 21 and HSL 56°, 90%, 52%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.
Colour values
#F3E515#F3E515
HEX#F3E515
RGBrgb(243, 229, 21)
RGB (0–1)0.9529, 0.898, 0.0824
RGB percentages95.3%, 89.8%, 8.2%
HSLhsl(56.2, 90.2%, 51.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(56.2, 91.4%, 95.3%)
CMYK0%, 5.8%, 91.4%, 4.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,983,893
CSS custom property--colour: #F3E515;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.75147WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness220.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.03:1
Contrast with white1.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9
Inverted#0C1AEA
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.31:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.03:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#1523F3
Analogous#F37615, #92F315
Triadic#15F3E5, #E515F3
Split complementary#1592F3, #7615F3
Tetradic#15F376, #1523F3, #F31592
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R243
G229
B21
Red243 (95.3%)
Green229 (89.8%)
Blue21 (8.2%)
Hue56.22°
Saturation (HSL)90.24%
Lightness51.76%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR F3 · G E5 · B 15
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