Colour

#F5DC39

#F5DC39
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#F5DC39 is a yellow with RGB values 245, 220, 57 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

#F5DC39#F5DC39

HEX#F5DC39

RGBrgb(245, 220, 57)

RGB (0–1)0.9608, 0.8627, 0.2235

RGB percentages96.1%, 86.3%, 22.4%

HSLhsl(52, 90.4%, 59.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52, 76.7%, 96.1%)

CMYK0%, 10.2%, 76.7%, 3.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,112,697

CSS custom property--colour: #F5DC39;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70894WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness216.2 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#D6D6D6

Inverted#0A23C6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F2D610no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#F8DF45no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original

Tritanopia#FFCCBDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 66.9 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 11.7 Yellow · ΔE 24.4 Goldenrod · ΔE 24.6 Khaki · ΔE 32.1 Yellow green · ΔE 33.9 Orange · ΔE 34

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 11.68, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3952F5

Analogous#F57E39, #B0F539

Triadic#39F5DC, #DC39F5

Split complementary#39B0F5, #7E39F5

Tetradic#39F57E, #3952F5, #F539B0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFEFB

Lighter +30%#FCF6CB

Lighter +20%#FAED9A

Lighter +10%#F7E56A

Darker −10%#EFD10C

Darker −20%#BEA60A

Darker −30%#8E7C07

Darker −40%#5D5205

More saturated +25%#FFE32F

Less saturated −25%#DBC953

Channel breakdown

R245

G220

B57

Red245 (96.1%)

Green220 (86.3%)

Blue57 (22.4%)

Hue52.02°

Saturation (HSL)90.38%

Lightness59.22%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F5 · G DC · B 39

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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