Colour

#F5DC62

#F5DC62
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#F5DC62 is a yellow with RGB values 245, 220, 98 and HSL 50°, 88%, 67%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#F5DC62#F5DC62

HEX#F5DC62

RGBrgb(245, 220, 98)

RGB (0–1)0.9608, 0.8627, 0.3843

RGB percentages96.1%, 86.3%, 38.4%

HSLhsl(49.8, 88%, 67.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.8, 60%, 96.1%)

CMYK0%, 10.2%, 60%, 3.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,112,738

CSS custom property--colour: #F5DC62;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71481WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness217.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.3:1

Contrast with white1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9

Inverted#0A239D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F0D755no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#F6E068no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original

Tritanopia#FFCDC1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.37:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 17.2 Goldenrod · ΔE 23.1 Gold · ΔE 25.8 Dark khaki · ΔE 26.8 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 30.9 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 32.4

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 17.22, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#627BF5

Analogous#F59362, #C4F562

Triadic#62F5DC, #DC62F5

Split complementary#62C4F5, #9362F5

Tetradic#62F593, #627BF5, #F562C4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FEFCF2

Lighter +20%#FBF1C2

Lighter +10%#F8E792

Darker −10%#F2D132

Darker −20%#E3BE0E

Darker −30%#B3960B

Darker −40%#836E08

More saturated +25%#FFE358

Less saturated −25%#E0CE77

Channel breakdown

R245

G220

B98

Red245 (96.1%)

Green220 (86.3%)

Blue98 (38.4%)

Hue49.8°

Saturation (HSL)88.02%

Lightness67.25%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F5 · G DC · B 62

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