Colour

#F5DC38

#F5DC38
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#F5DC38 is a yellow with RGB values 245, 220, 56 and HSL 52°, 90%, 59%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#F5DC38#F5DC38

HEX#F5DC38

RGBrgb(245, 220, 56)

RGB (0–1)0.9608, 0.8627, 0.2196

RGB percentages96.1%, 86.3%, 22%

HSLhsl(52.1, 90.4%, 59%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.1, 77.1%, 96.1%)

CMYK0%, 10.2%, 77.1%, 3.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,112,696

CSS custom property--colour: #F5DC38;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70884WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness216.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.18:1

Contrast with white1.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D5D5D5

Inverted#0A23C7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F2D60Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#F8DF44no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original

Tritanopia#FFCBBDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 67.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.38:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 11.4 Yellow · ΔE 24.2 Goldenrod · ΔE 24.7 Khaki · ΔE 32.4 Yellow green · ΔE 34 Orange · ΔE 34

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 11.43, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3851F5

Analogous#F57D38, #B0F538

Triadic#38F5DC, #DC38F5

Split complementary#38B0F5, #7E38F5

Tetradic#38F57D, #3851F5, #F538AF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFEFA

Lighter +30%#FCF6CA

Lighter +20%#FAED99

Lighter +10%#F7E569

Darker −10%#EED00C

Darker −20%#BDA60A

Darker −30%#8D7B07

Darker −40%#5C5105

More saturated +25%#FFE32E

Less saturated −25%#DBC952

Channel breakdown

R245

G220

B56

Red245 (96.1%)

Green220 (86.3%)

Blue56 (22%)

Hue52.06°

Saturation (HSL)90.43%

Lightness59.02%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F5 · G DC · B 38

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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