Colour

#F6D900

#F6D900
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#F6D900 is a yellow with RGB values 246, 217, 0 and HSL 53°, 100%, 48%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#F6D900#F6D900

HEX#F6D900

RGBrgb(246, 217, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.9647, 0.851, 0

RGB percentages96.5%, 85.1%, 0%

HSLhsl(52.9, 100%, 48.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.9, 100%, 96.5%)

CMYK0%, 11.8%, 100%, 3.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,177,408

CSS custom property--colour: #F6D900;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69219WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness213.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.84:1

Contrast with white1.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CFCFCF

Inverted#0926FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F0D300no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#F8DD25no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original

Tritanopia#FFC7B9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 76 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.41:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 4.9 Yellow · ΔE 19.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 28.3 Orange · ΔE 33.7 Yellow green · ΔE 38.4 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 39.9

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 4.88, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#001DF6

Analogous#F65E00, #98F600

Triadic#00F6D9, #D900F6

Split complementary#0098F6, #5E00F6

Tetradic#00F65E, #001DF6, #F60098

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFF8C3

Lighter +30%#FFF290

Lighter +20%#FFEC5D

Lighter +10%#FFE62A

Darker −10%#C3AC00

Darker −20%#907F00

Darker −30%#5D5200

Darker −40%#2A2500

More saturated +25%#F6D900

Less saturated −25%#D7C21F

Channel breakdown

R246

G217

Red246 (96.5%)

Green217 (85.1%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue52.93°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness48.24%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F6 · G D9 · B 00

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Colour values

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