Colour

#F5E784

#F5E784
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#F5E784 is a yellow with RGB values 245, 231, 132 and HSL 53°, 85%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#F5E784#F5E784

HEX#F5E784

RGBrgb(245, 231, 132)

RGB (0–1)0.9608, 0.9059, 0.5176

RGB percentages96.1%, 90.6%, 51.8%

HSLhsl(52.6, 85%, 73.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.6, 46.1%, 96.1%)

CMYK0%, 5.7%, 46.1%, 3.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,115,588

CSS custom property--colour: #F5E784;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7823WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness226.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.65:1

Contrast with white1.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.65:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E3E3E3

Inverted#0A187B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F7E17Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original

Deuteranopia#FCE888no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FFDBCFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.26:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 4.8 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 18.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 20.3 Navajo white · ΔE 24.9 Moccasin · ΔE 25.7 Wheat · ΔE 27.5

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 4.75, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8492F5

Analogous#F5AF84, #CAF584

Triadic#84F5E7, #E784F5

Split complementary#84CAF5, #AF84F5

Tetradic#84F5AF, #8492F5, #F584CA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FDF9E2

Lighter +10%#F9F0B3

Darker −10%#F1DE55

Darker −20%#EDD526

Darker −30%#CFB811

Darker −40%#A08E0D

More saturated +25%#FFEF7A

Less saturated −25%#E4DA95

Channel breakdown

R245

G231

B132

Red245 (96.1%)

Green231 (90.6%)

Blue132 (51.8%)

Hue52.57°

Saturation (HSL)84.96%

Lightness73.92%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F5 · G E7 · B 84

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