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Recognised as Colour

#F4E68E

  • #F4E68E
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Khaki

#F4E68E is a yellow with RGB values 244, 230, 142 and HSL 52°, 82%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#F4E68E#F4E68E
HEX#F4E68E
RGBrgb(244, 230, 142)
RGB (0–1)0.9569, 0.902, 0.5569
RGB percentages95.7%, 90.2%, 55.7%
HSLhsl(51.8, 82.3%, 75.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.8, 41.8%, 95.7%)
CMYK0%, 5.7%, 41.8%, 4.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,049,806
CSS custom property--colour: #F4E68E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7778WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness226.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.56:1
Contrast with white1.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E3E3E3
Inverted#0B1971

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F5E187no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#FAE792no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original
Tritanopia#FFDBD0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.27:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 1.9Pale goldenrod · ΔE 13.5Dark khaki · ΔE 18.1Navajo white · ΔE 20.1Moccasin · ΔE 20.6Wheat · ΔE 22.3
Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 1.86, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8E9CF4
Analogous#F4B38E, #CFF48E
Triadic#8EF4E6, #E68EF4
Split complementary#8ECFF4, #B38EF4
Tetradic#8EF4B3, #8E9CF4, #F48ECF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FDFBEB
Lighter +10%#F9F0BC
Darker −10%#EFDC60
Darker −20%#EBD131
Darker −30%#D4BA15
Darker −40%#A69110
More saturated +25%#FFEE83
Less saturated −25%#E5DB9E

Channel breakdown

R244
G230
B142
Red244 (95.7%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue142 (55.7%)
Hue51.76°
Saturation (HSL)82.26%
Lightness75.69%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR F4 · G E6 · B 8E

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