Colour

#F6E00E

#F6E00E
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#F6E00E is a yellow with RGB values 246, 224, 14 and HSL 54°, 93%, 51%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#F6E00E#F6E00E

HEX#F6E00E

RGBrgb(246, 224, 14)

RGB (0–1)0.9647, 0.8784, 0.0549

RGB percentages96.5%, 87.8%, 5.5%

HSLhsl(54.3, 92.8%, 51%)

HSV / HSBhsv(54.3, 94.3%, 96.5%)

CMYK0%, 8.9%, 94.3%, 3.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,179,214

CSS custom property--colour: #F6E00E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72936WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness218.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.59:1

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

Contrast with black15.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D6D6D6

Inverted#091FF1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F6D900no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#FDE22Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original

Tritanopia#FFCFBFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 76.4 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 text15.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 8.4 Yellow · ΔE 16.4 Goldenrod · ΔE 31.3 Yellow green · ΔE 36.3 Orange · ΔE 37.4 Khaki · ΔE 41.7

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 8.37, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0E24F6

Analogous#F66C0E, #98F60E

Triadic#0EF6E0, #E00EF6

Split complementary#0E98F6, #6C0EF6

Tetradic#0EF66C, #0E24F6, #F60E98

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FDF9D3

Lighter +30%#FCF3A1

Lighter +20%#FAED70

Lighter +10%#F8E63F

Darker −10%#C9B708

Darker −20%#988A06

Darker −30%#675E04

Darker −40%#363102

More saturated +25%#FFE705

Less saturated −25%#D7C72D

Channel breakdown

R246

G224

B14

Red246 (96.5%)

Green224 (87.8%)

Blue14 (5.5%)

Hue54.31°

Saturation (HSL)92.8%

Lightness50.98%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F6 · G E0 · B 0E

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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