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Recognised as Colour

#F4E279

  • #F4E279
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Khaki

#F4E279 is a yellow with RGB values 244, 226, 121 and HSL 51°, 85%, 72%. 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

#F4E279#F4E279
HEX#F4E279
RGBrgb(244, 226, 121)
RGB (0–1)0.9569, 0.8863, 0.4745
RGB percentages95.7%, 88.6%, 47.5%
HSLhsl(51.2, 84.8%, 71.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.2, 50.4%, 95.7%)
CMYK0%, 7.4%, 50.4%, 4.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,048,761
CSS custom property--colour: #F4E279;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75006WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness222.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16:1
Contrast with white1.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE
Inverted#0B1D86

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F3DD70no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#F9E47Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original
Tritanopia#FFD5CAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.7 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 text16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 8.3Dark khaki · ΔE 21.2Pale goldenrod · ΔE 22.2Navajo white · ΔE 27.4Moccasin · ΔE 28.5Goldenrod · ΔE 29
Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 8.34, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#798BF4
Analogous#F4A479, #C8F479
Triadic#79F4E2, #E279F4
Split complementary#79C8F4, #A579F4
Tetradic#79F4A4, #798BF4, #F479C8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FCF6D7
Lighter +10%#F8ECA8
Darker −10%#F0D84A
Darker −20%#ECCE1B
Darker −30%#C4AA10
Darker −40%#95810C
More saturated +25%#FFEA6E
Less saturated −25%#E2D58B

Channel breakdown

R244
G226
B121
Red244 (95.7%)
Green226 (88.6%)
Blue121 (47.5%)
Hue51.22°
Saturation (HSL)84.83%
Lightness71.57%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR F4 · G E2 · B 79

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