Colour

#F6DE50

#F6DE50
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#F6DE50 is a yellow with RGB values 246, 222, 80 and HSL 51°, 90%, 64%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

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HEX#F6DE50

RGBrgb(246, 222, 80)

RGB (0–1)0.9647, 0.8706, 0.3137

RGB percentages96.5%, 87.1%, 31.4%

HSLhsl(51.3, 90.2%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.3, 67.5%, 96.5%)

CMYK0%, 9.8%, 67.5%, 3.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,178,768

CSS custom property--colour: #F6DE50;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72415WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness218.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.48:1

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

Contrast with black15.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9

Inverted#0921AF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F3D83Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#F9E158no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FFCEC1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 61 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 text15.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 18.3 Goldenrod · ΔE 23.4 Khaki · ΔE 24.8 Yellow · ΔE 30.1 Yellow green · ΔE 33.1 Dark khaki · ΔE 33.8

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 18.34, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5068F6

Analogous#F68B50, #BBF650

Triadic#50F6DE, #DE50F6

Split complementary#50BBF6, #8B50F6

Tetradic#50F68B, #5068F6, #F650BB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FDF9E2

Lighter +20%#FBF0B1

Lighter +10%#F8E781

Darker −10%#F4D51F

Darker −20%#D5B80B

Darker −30%#A58E08

Darker −40%#746406

More saturated +25%#FFE447

Less saturated −25%#DFCE67

Channel breakdown

R246

G222

B80

Red246 (96.5%)

Green222 (87.1%)

Blue80 (31.4%)

Hue51.33°

Saturation (HSL)90.22%

Lightness63.92%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F6 · G DE · B 50

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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