Recognised as Colour

#F5E597

#F5E597
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#F5E597 is a yellow with RGB values 245, 229, 151 and HSL 50°, 82%, 78%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#F5E597

RGBrgb(245, 229, 151)

RGB (0–1)0.9608, 0.898, 0.5922

RGB percentages96.1%, 89.8%, 59.2%

HSLhsl(49.8, 82.5%, 77.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.8, 38.4%, 96.1%)

CMYK0%, 6.5%, 38.4%, 3.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,115,095

CSS custom property--colour: #F5E597;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77685WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness226.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.54:1

Contrast with white1.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E3E3E3

Inverted#0A1A68

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F3E191no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#F8E79Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original

Tritanopia#FFDAD1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.1 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 text16.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 6.1 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 9.3 Navajo white · ΔE 15.4 Moccasin · ΔE 15.8 Wheat · ΔE 17.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 17.6

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 6.15, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#97A7F5

Analogous#F5B697, #D6F597

Triadic#97F5E5, #E597F5

Split complementary#97D6F5, #B697F5

Tetradic#97F5B6, #97A7F5, #F597D6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FEFCF4

Lighter +10%#F9F1C6

Darker −10%#F1D968

Darker −20%#ECCE3A

Darker −30%#DEBC15

Darker −40%#AF9411

More saturated +25%#FFEC8D

Less saturated −25%#E7DCA5

Channel breakdown

R245

G229

B151

Red245 (96.1%)

Green229 (89.8%)

Blue151 (59.2%)

Hue49.79°

Saturation (HSL)82.46%

Lightness77.65%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F5 · G E5 · B 97

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