Colour

#F6DD5A

#F6DD5A
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#F6DD5A is a yellow with RGB values 246, 221, 90 and HSL 50°, 90%, 66%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#F6DD5A#F6DD5A

HEX#F6DD5A

RGBrgb(246, 221, 90)

RGB (0–1)0.9647, 0.8667, 0.3529

RGB percentages96.5%, 86.7%, 35.3%

HSLhsl(50.4, 89.7%, 65.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.4, 63.4%, 96.5%)

CMYK0%, 10.2%, 63.4%, 3.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,178,522

CSS custom property--colour: #F6DD5A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72044WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness218.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.41:1

Contrast with white1.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9

Inverted#0922A5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F1D84Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#F8E161no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original

Tritanopia#FFCEC1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 56.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.36:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 20.7 Gold · ΔE 22.2 Goldenrod · ΔE 22.8 Dark khaki · ΔE 30 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 33 Yellow green · ΔE 33.9

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 20.74, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5A73F6

Analogous#F68F5A, #C1F65A

Triadic#5AF6DD, #DD5AF6

Split complementary#5AC1F6, #8F5AF6

Tetradic#5AF68F, #5A73F6, #F65AC1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FEFBEB

Lighter +20%#FBF1BB

Lighter +10%#F9E78A

Darker −10%#F3D32A

Darker −20%#DEBC0C

Darker −30%#AE9309

Darker −40%#7D6A07

More saturated +25%#FFE351

Less saturated −25%#E0CE70

Channel breakdown

R246

G221

B90

Red246 (96.5%)

Green221 (86.7%)

Blue90 (35.3%)

Hue50.38°

Saturation (HSL)89.66%

Lightness65.88%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F6 · G DD · B 5A

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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