Recognised as Colour

#F5E181

#F5E181
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#F5E181 is a yellow with RGB values 245, 225, 129 and HSL 50°, 85%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#F5E181#F5E181

HEX#F5E181

RGBrgb(245, 225, 129)

RGB (0–1)0.9608, 0.8824, 0.5059

RGB percentages96.1%, 88.2%, 50.6%

HSLhsl(49.7, 85.3%, 73.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.7, 47.3%, 96.1%)

CMYK0%, 8.2%, 47.3%, 3.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,114,049

CSS custom property--colour: #F5E181;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74848WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness222.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.97:1

Contrast with white1.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.97:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE

Inverted#0A1E7E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F2DC79no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#F7E485no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD4CAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.32:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 5.5 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 18.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 19 Navajo white · ΔE 23.2 Moccasin · ΔE 24.3 Burlywood · ΔE 26

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 5.5, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8195F5

Analogous#F5A781, #CFF581

Triadic#81F5E1, #E181F5

Split complementary#81CFF5, #A781F5

Tetradic#81F5A7, #8195F5, #F581CF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FDF8E0

Lighter +10%#F9ECB0

Darker −10%#F1D652

Darker −20%#EECA23

Darker −30%#CDAC10

Darker −40%#9E840C

More saturated +25%#FFE877

Less saturated −25%#E4D692

Channel breakdown

R245

G225

B129

Red245 (96.1%)

Green225 (88.2%)

Blue129 (50.6%)

Hue49.66°

Saturation (HSL)85.29%

Lightness73.33%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F5 · G E1 · B 81

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