Recognised as Colour

#F7E57A

#F7E57A
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#F7E57A is a yellow with RGB values 247, 229, 122 and HSL 51°, 89%, 72%. 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#F7E57A

RGBrgb(247, 229, 122)

RGB (0–1)0.9686, 0.898, 0.4784

RGB percentages96.9%, 89.8%, 47.8%

HSLhsl(51.4, 88.7%, 72.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.4, 50.6%, 96.9%)

CMYK0%, 7.3%, 50.6%, 3.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,246,138

CSS custom property--colour: #F7E57A;

Brightness & contrast

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

Perceived brightness225.2 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#E1E1E1

Inverted#081A85

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F7E070no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#FCE77Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD8CCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47 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 9 Dark khaki · ΔE 22.5 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 22.9 Navajo white · ΔE 28.3 Moccasin · ΔE 29.3 Goldenrod · ΔE 29.3

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 9.04, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7A8CF7

Analogous#F7A67A, #CAF77A

Triadic#7AF7E5, #E57AF7

Split complementary#7ACAF7, #A67AF7

Tetradic#7AF7A7, #7A8CF7, #F77ACB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FDF8DA

Lighter +10%#FAEEAA

Darker −10%#F4DC4A

Darker −20%#F1D21A

Darker −30%#CCB00C

Darker −40%#9C8709

More saturated +25%#FFEB72

Less saturated −25%#E5D88C

Channel breakdown

R247

G229

B122

Red247 (96.9%)

Green229 (89.8%)

Blue122 (47.8%)

Hue51.36°

Saturation (HSL)88.65%

Lightness72.35%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F7 · G E5 · B 7A

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