Recognised as Colour

#F4E08A

#F4E08A
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#F4E08A is a yellow with RGB values 244, 224, 138 and HSL 49°, 83%, 75%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#F4E08A#F4E08A

HEX#F4E08A

RGBrgb(244, 224, 138)

RGB (0–1)0.9569, 0.8784, 0.5412

RGB percentages95.7%, 87.8%, 54.1%

HSLhsl(48.7, 82.8%, 74.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.7, 43.4%, 95.7%)

CMYK0%, 8.2%, 43.4%, 4.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,048,266

CSS custom property--colour: #F4E08A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74379WCAG 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 15.88:1

Contrast with white1.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE

Inverted#0B1F75

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F0DC83no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#F5E38Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD4CBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.32:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 4.6 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 13.9 Dark khaki · ΔE 17.1 Navajo white · ΔE 18.6 Moccasin · ΔE 19.6 Wheat · ΔE 21.4

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 4.58, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8A9EF4

Analogous#F4AB8A, #D3F48A

Triadic#8AF4E0, #E08AF4

Split complementary#8AD3F4, #AB8AF4

Tetradic#8AF4AB, #8A9EF4, #F48AD3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FDF9E7

Lighter +10%#F8ECB9

Darker −10%#F0D45B

Darker −20%#EBC72D

Darker −30%#D1AE14

Darker −40%#A3870F

More saturated +25%#FFE77F

Less saturated −25%#E4D69A

Channel breakdown

R244

G224

B138

Red244 (95.7%)

Green224 (87.8%)

Blue138 (54.1%)

Hue48.68°

Saturation (HSL)82.81%

Lightness74.9%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F4 · G E0 · B 8A

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