Colour

#F4E165

#F4E165
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#F4E165 is a yellow with RGB values 244, 225, 101 and HSL 52°, 87%, 68%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#F4E165

RGBrgb(244, 225, 101)

RGB (0–1)0.9569, 0.8824, 0.3961

RGB percentages95.7%, 88.2%, 39.6%

HSLhsl(52, 86.7%, 67.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52, 58.6%, 95.7%)

CMYK0%, 7.8%, 58.6%, 4.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,048,485

CSS custom property--colour: #F4E165;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74023WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness220.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.8:1

Contrast with white1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DCDCDC

Inverted#0B1E9A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F4DB58no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#F9E36Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD3C6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.33:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 16.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 25.7 Gold · ΔE 26.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 27.2 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 30.8 Yellow green · ΔE 32.6

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 16.75, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6578F4

Analogous#F49A65, #BFF465

Triadic#65F4E1, #E165F4

Split complementary#65BFF4, #9A65F4

Tetradic#65F49A, #6578F4, #F465BF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FEFDF4

Lighter +20%#FBF4C4

Lighter +10%#F7EA95

Darker −10%#F1D835

Darker −20%#E3C710

Darker −30%#B39D0D

Darker −40%#847309

More saturated +25%#FFE95A

Less saturated −25%#DFD27A

Channel breakdown

R244

G225

B101

Red244 (95.7%)

Green225 (88.2%)

Blue101 (39.6%)

Hue52.03°

Saturation (HSL)86.67%

Lightness67.65%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F4 · G E1 · B 65

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