Recognised as Colour

#F4DC4D

#F4DC4D
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#F4DC4D is a yellow with RGB values 244, 220, 77 and HSL 51°, 88%, 63%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#F4DC4D#F4DC4D

HEX#F4DC4D

RGBrgb(244, 220, 77)

RGB (0–1)0.9569, 0.8627, 0.302

RGB percentages95.7%, 86.3%, 30.2%

HSLhsl(51.4, 88.4%, 62.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.4, 68.4%, 95.7%)

CMYK0%, 9.8%, 68.4%, 4.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,047,181

CSS custom property--colour: #F4DC4D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70955WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness216.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.19:1

Contrast with white1.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7

Inverted#0B23B2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F1D638no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#F7DF55no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FFCCBFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 61.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.38:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 17.9 Goldenrod · ΔE 22.9 Khaki · ΔE 25.2 Yellow · ΔE 30 Yellow green · ΔE 32.9 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 33.8

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 17.93, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4D65F4

Analogous#F4884D, #B9F44D

Triadic#4DF4DC, #DC4DF4

Split complementary#4DB9F4, #884DF4

Tetradic#4DF488, #4D65F4, #F44DB9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FDF8DD

Lighter +20%#FAEFAD

Lighter +10%#F7E57D

Darker −10%#F1D31D

Darker −20%#CEB20D

Darker −30%#9E890A

Darker −40%#6E5F07

More saturated +25%#FFE442

Less saturated −25%#DCCB65

Channel breakdown

R244

G220

B77

Red244 (95.7%)

Green220 (86.3%)

Blue77 (30.2%)

Hue51.38°

Saturation (HSL)88.36%

Lightness62.94%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F4 · G DC · B 4D

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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