Recognised as Colour
#F4E16A
- #F4E16A
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Khaki
#F4E16A is a yellow with RGB values 244, 225, 106 and HSL 52°, 86%, 69%. 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
#F4E16A#F4E16A
HEX#F4E16A
RGBrgb(244, 225, 106)
RGB (0–1)0.9569, 0.8824, 0.4157
RGB percentages95.7%, 88.2%, 41.6%
HSLhsl(51.7, 86.3%, 68.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.7, 56.6%, 95.7%)
CMYK0%, 7.8%, 56.6%, 4.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,048,490
CSS custom property--colour: #F4E16A;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.74124WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness220.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.82:1
Contrast with white1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DCDCDC
Inverted#0B1E95
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.33:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.82:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#6A7DF4
Analogous#F49C6A, #C2F46A
Triadic#6AF4E1, #E16AF4
Split complementary#6AC2F4, #9C6AF4
Tetradic#6AF49C, #6A7DF4, #F46AC2
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R244
G225
B106
Red244 (95.7%)
Green225 (88.2%)
Blue106 (41.6%)
Hue51.74°
Saturation (HSL)86.25%
Lightness68.63%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR F4 · G E1 · B 6A
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