Recognised as Colour

#F6E494

#F6E494
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#F6E494 is a yellow with RGB values 246, 228, 148 and HSL 49°, 84%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#F6E494

RGBrgb(246, 228, 148)

RGB (0–1)0.9647, 0.8941, 0.5804

RGB percentages96.5%, 89.4%, 58%

HSLhsl(49, 84.5%, 77.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49, 39.8%, 96.5%)

CMYK0%, 7.3%, 39.8%, 3.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,180,372

CSS custom property--colour: #F6E494;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77218WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness226.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.44:1

Contrast with white1.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.44:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E2E2E2

Inverted#091B6B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F3E08Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#F8E697no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD9D0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.28:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 5.6 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 10.6 Navajo white · ΔE 16 Moccasin · ΔE 16.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 17.6 Wheat · ΔE 18.4

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 5.6, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#94A6F6

Analogous#F6B394, #D7F694

Triadic#94F6E4, #E494F6

Split complementary#94D7F6, #B394F6

Tetradic#94F6B3, #94A6F6, #F694D7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FEFCF2

Lighter +10%#FAF0C3

Darker −10%#F2D865

Darker −20%#EECC36

Darker −30%#DEB913

Darker −40%#AF920F

More saturated +25%#FFEA8B

Less saturated −25%#E8DBA3

Channel breakdown

R246

G228

B148

Red246 (96.5%)

Green228 (89.4%)

Blue148 (58%)

Hue48.98°

Saturation (HSL)84.48%

Lightness77.25%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F6 · G E4 · B 94

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