Colour

#F4E57C

#F4E57C
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#F4E57C is a yellow with RGB values 244, 229, 124 and HSL 53°, 85%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#F4E57C#F4E57C

HEX#F4E57C

RGBrgb(244, 229, 124)

RGB (0–1)0.9569, 0.898, 0.4863

RGB percentages95.7%, 89.8%, 48.6%

HSLhsl(52.5, 84.5%, 72.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.5, 49.2%, 95.7%)

CMYK0%, 6.1%, 49.2%, 4.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,049,532

CSS custom property--colour: #F4E57C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.76727WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness224.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.35:1

Contrast with white1.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E1E1E1

Inverted#0B1A83

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F6DF73no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#FBE681no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD8CDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.28:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 7.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 21.5 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 21.7 Navajo white · ΔE 27.6 Moccasin · ΔE 28.5 Wheat · ΔE 30.3

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 7.65, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7C8BF4

Analogous#F4A97C, #C7F47C

Triadic#7CF4E5, #E57CF4

Split complementary#7CC7F4, #A97CF4

Tetradic#7CF4A9, #7C8BF4, #F47CC7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FCF8DA

Lighter +10%#F8EEAB

Darker −10%#F0DC4D

Darker −20%#ECD21E

Darker −30%#C6B011

Darker −40%#97860D

More saturated +25%#FFED71

Less saturated −25%#E2D88E

Channel breakdown

R244

G229

B124

Red244 (95.7%)

Green229 (89.8%)

Blue124 (48.6%)

Hue52.5°

Saturation (HSL)84.51%

Lightness72.16%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F4 · G E5 · B 7C

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