Colour

#F8D605

#F8D605
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#F8D605 is a yellow with RGB values 248, 214, 5 and HSL 52°, 96%, 50%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#F8D605#F8D605

HEX#F8D605

RGBrgb(248, 214, 5)

RGB (0–1)0.9725, 0.8392, 0.0196

RGB percentages97.3%, 83.9%, 2%

HSLhsl(51.6, 96%, 49.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.6, 98%, 97.3%)

CMYK0%, 13.7%, 98%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,307,717

CSS custom property--colour: #F8D605;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68061WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness212.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.61:1

Contrast with white1.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CECECE

Inverted#0729FA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EDD100no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#F6DC26no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FFC4B6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 74.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.44:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 2.9 Yellow · ΔE 22.2 Goldenrod · ΔE 26.2 Orange · ΔE 31.1 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 38.1 Yellow green · ΔE 39.9

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 2.93, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0527F8

Analogous#F85D05, #A0F805

Triadic#05F8D6, #D605F8

Split complementary#05A0F8, #5D05F8

Tetradic#05F85D, #0527F8, #F805A0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FEF7CB

Lighter +30%#FDEF99

Lighter +20%#FCE767

Lighter +10%#FBDF35

Darker −10%#C6AB04

Darker −20%#948003

Darker −30%#625502

Darker −40%#302901

More saturated +25%#FDDA00

Less saturated −25%#D8BF25

Channel breakdown

R248

G214

Red248 (97.3%)

Green214 (83.9%)

Blue5 (2%)

Hue51.6°

Saturation (HSL)96.05%

Lightness49.61%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F8 · G D6 · B 05

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Colour values

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