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Recognised as Colour

#F6E785

  • #F6E785
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Khaki

#F6E785 is a yellow with RGB values 246, 231, 133 and HSL 52°, 86%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#F6E785#F6E785
HEX#F6E785
RGBrgb(246, 231, 133)
RGB (0–1)0.9647, 0.9059, 0.5216
RGB percentages96.5%, 90.6%, 52.2%
HSLhsl(52, 86.3%, 74.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(52, 45.9%, 96.5%)
CMYK0%, 6.1%, 45.9%, 3.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,181,125
CSS custom property--colour: #F6E785;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.78438WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness226.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.69:1
Contrast with white1.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E3E3E3
Inverted#09187A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F7E27Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#FCE889no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original
Tritanopia#FFDBD0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.26:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 4.5Pale goldenrod · ΔE 18.3Dark khaki · ΔE 20.3Navajo white · ΔE 24.4Moccasin · ΔE 25.2Wheat · ΔE 27
Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 4.53, a close match
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8594F6
Analogous#F6AF85, #CCF685
Triadic#85F6E7, #E785F6
Split complementary#85CDF6, #AF85F6
Tetradic#85F6AF, #8594F6, #F685CD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FDFAE4
Lighter +10%#FAF0B4
Darker −10%#F2DE56
Darker −20%#EFD426
Darker −30%#D2B910
Darker −40%#A38F0C
More saturated +25%#FFEE7C
Less saturated −25%#E6DB95

Channel breakdown

R246
G231
B133
Red246 (96.5%)
Green231 (90.6%)
Blue133 (52.2%)
Hue52.04°
Saturation (HSL)86.26%
Lightness74.31%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR F6 · G E7 · B 85

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