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Recognised as Colour

#F4DE74

  • #F4DE74
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Khaki

#F4DE74 is a yellow with RGB values 244, 222, 116 and HSL 50°, 85%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#F4DE74#F4DE74
HEX#F4DE74
RGBrgb(244, 222, 116)
RGB (0–1)0.9569, 0.8706, 0.4549
RGB percentages95.7%, 87.1%, 45.5%
HSLhsl(49.7, 85.3%, 70.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49.7, 52.5%, 95.7%)
CMYK0%, 9%, 52.5%, 4.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,047,732
CSS custom property--colour: #F4DE74;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72737WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness219.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.55:1
Contrast with white1.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DBDBDB
Inverted#0B218B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F0D96Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#F6E179no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Tritanopia#FFD1C6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.35:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 10Dark khaki · ΔE 21.3Pale goldenrod · ΔE 23.4Goldenrod · ΔE 26.8Navajo white · ΔE 27.8Moccasin · ΔE 29.1
Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 9.97, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#748AF4
Analogous#F49E74, #CAF474
Triadic#74F4DE, #DE74F4
Split complementary#74CAF4, #9E74F4
Tetradic#74F49E, #748AF4, #F474CA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FBF4D3
Lighter +10%#F8E9A3
Darker −10%#F0D345
Darker −20%#EDC815
Darker −30%#C0A10F
Darker −40%#917A0B
More saturated +25%#FFE569
Less saturated −25%#E1D287

Channel breakdown

R244
G222
B116
Red244 (95.7%)
Green222 (87.1%)
Blue116 (45.5%)
Hue49.69°
Saturation (HSL)85.33%
Lightness70.59%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR F4 · G DE · B 74

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