Recognised as Colour

#F5EC84

#F5EC84
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#F5EC84 is a yellow with RGB values 245, 236, 132 and HSL 55°, 85%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#F5EC84#F5EC84

HEX#F5EC84

RGBrgb(245, 236, 132)

RGB (0–1)0.9608, 0.9255, 0.5176

RGB percentages96.1%, 92.5%, 51.8%

HSLhsl(55.2, 85%, 73.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(55.2, 46.1%, 96.1%)

CMYK0%, 3.7%, 46.1%, 3.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,116,868

CSS custom property--colour: #F5EC84;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.81069WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness229.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.21:1

Contrast with white1.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E6E6E6

Inverted#0A137B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FCE57Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFEB89no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original

Tritanopia#FFE0D3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.22:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 6.7 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 20.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 22.3 Navajo white · ΔE 27.7 Moccasin · ΔE 28.2 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 30

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 6.75, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#848DF5

Analogous#F5B384, #C6F584

Triadic#84F5EC, #EC84F5

Split complementary#84C5F5, #B484F5

Tetradic#84F5B4, #848DF5, #F584C5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FDFBE2

Lighter +10%#F9F3B3

Darker −10%#F1E555

Darker −20%#EDDD26

Darker −30%#CFC011

Darker −40%#A0940D

More saturated +25%#FFF47A

Less saturated −25%#E4DE95

Channel breakdown

R245

G236

B132

Red245 (96.1%)

Green236 (92.5%)

Blue132 (51.8%)

Hue55.22°

Saturation (HSL)84.96%

Lightness73.92%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F5 · G EC · B 84

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