Recognised as Colour

#F6DF96

#F6DF96
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#F6DF96 is a yellow with RGB values 246, 223, 150 and HSL 46°, 84%, 78%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#F6DF96#F6DF96

HEX#F6DF96

RGBrgb(246, 223, 150)

RGB (0–1)0.9647, 0.8745, 0.5882

RGB percentages96.5%, 87.5%, 58.8%

HSLhsl(45.6, 84.2%, 77.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(45.6, 39%, 96.5%)

CMYK0%, 9.3%, 39%, 3.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,179,094

CSS custom property--colour: #F6DF96;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7457WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness223.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.91:1

Contrast with white1.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DFDFDF

Inverted#092069

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EEDC91no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#F4E399no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD4CDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.32:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 9.4 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 9.5 Navajo white · ΔE 12.3 Moccasin · ΔE 13.3 Wheat · ΔE 15.1 Dark khaki · ΔE 17.2

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 9.44, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#96ADF6

Analogous#F6AF96, #DDF696

Triadic#96F6DF, #DF96F6

Split complementary#96DDF6, #AF96F6

Tetradic#96F6AF, #96ADF6, #F696DD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FEFCF4

Lighter +10%#FAEDC5

Darker −10%#F2D167

Darker −20%#EEC238

Darker −30%#E0AF13

Darker −40%#B18A0F

More saturated +25%#FFE48D

Less saturated −25%#E8D8A4

Channel breakdown

R246

G223

B150

Red246 (96.5%)

Green223 (87.5%)

Blue150 (58.8%)

Hue45.63°

Saturation (HSL)84.21%

Lightness77.65%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F6 · G DF · B 96

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