Recognised as Colour

#F4E18E

#F4E18E
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#F4E18E is a yellow with RGB values 244, 225, 142 and HSL 49°, 82%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#F4E18E#F4E18E

HEX#F4E18E

RGBrgb(244, 225, 142)

RGB (0–1)0.9569, 0.8824, 0.5569

RGB percentages95.7%, 88.2%, 55.7%

HSLhsl(48.8, 82.3%, 75.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.8, 41.8%, 95.7%)

CMYK0%, 7.8%, 41.8%, 4.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,048,526

CSS custom property--colour: #F4E18E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75037WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness223.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.01:1

Contrast with white1.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DFDFDF

Inverted#0B1E71

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F0DD88no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#F6E491no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD6CCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.31:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 4.8 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 12.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 16.9 Navajo white · ΔE 17.3 Moccasin · ΔE 18.2 Wheat · ΔE 19.9

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 4.85, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8EA1F4

Analogous#F4AE8E, #D4F48E

Triadic#8EF4E1, #E18EF4

Split complementary#8ED4F4, #AE8EF4

Tetradic#8EF4AE, #8EA1F4, #F48ED4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FDFAEB

Lighter +10%#F9EDBC

Darker −10%#EFD560

Darker −20%#EBC831

Darker −30%#D4B115

Darker −40%#A68A10

More saturated +25%#FFE883

Less saturated −25%#E5D79E

Channel breakdown

R244

G225

B142

Red244 (95.7%)

Green225 (88.2%)

Blue142 (55.7%)

Hue48.82°

Saturation (HSL)82.26%

Lightness75.69%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F4 · G E1 · B 8E

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Colour values

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