Recognised as Colour

#F6DE5C

#F6DE5C
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#F6DE5C is a yellow with RGB values 246, 222, 92 and HSL 51°, 90%, 66%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#F6DE5C#F6DE5C

HEX#F6DE5C

RGBrgb(246, 222, 92)

RGB (0–1)0.9647, 0.8706, 0.3608

RGB percentages96.5%, 87.1%, 36.1%

HSLhsl(50.6, 89.5%, 66.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.6, 62.6%, 96.5%)

CMYK0%, 9.8%, 62.6%, 3.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,178,780

CSS custom property--colour: #F6DE5C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72608WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness219.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.52:1

Contrast with white1.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.52:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DADADA

Inverted#0921A3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F2D94Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#F8E163no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original

Tritanopia#FFCFC2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 56.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.35:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 20.1 Gold · ΔE 22.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 23.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 29.7 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 33.4 Yellow green · ΔE 33.6

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 20.12, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5C74F6

Analogous#F6915C, #C1F65C

Triadic#5CF6DE, #DE5CF6

Split complementary#5CC1F6, #915CF6

Tetradic#5CF691, #5C74F6, #F65CC1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FEFBED

Lighter +20%#FBF2BD

Lighter +10%#F9E88C

Darker −10%#F3D42C

Darker −20%#E0BF0C

Darker −30%#AF960A

Darker −40%#7F6C07

More saturated +25%#FFE453

Less saturated −25%#E1CF71

Channel breakdown

R246

G222

B92

Red246 (96.5%)

Green222 (87.1%)

Blue92 (36.1%)

Hue50.65°

Saturation (HSL)89.53%

Lightness66.27%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F6 · G DE · B 5C

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Colour values

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