Recognised as Colour

#F8DB1E

#F8DB1E
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#F8DB1E is a yellow with RGB values 248, 219, 30 and HSL 52°, 94%, 55%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#F8DB1E#F8DB1E

HEX#F8DB1E

RGBrgb(248, 219, 30)

RGB (0–1)0.9725, 0.8588, 0.1176

RGB percentages97.3%, 85.9%, 11.8%

HSLhsl(52, 94%, 54.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52, 87.9%, 97.3%)

CMYK0%, 11.7%, 87.9%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,309,022

CSS custom property--colour: #F8DB1E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70713WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness216 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.14:1

Contrast with white1.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D4D4D4

Inverted#0724E1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F2D500no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#F9DF32no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FFCABBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 72.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.39:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 5.8 Yellow · ΔE 20.9 Goldenrod · ΔE 26.9 Orange · ΔE 33.3 Yellow green · ΔE 37.4 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 38.7

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 5.82, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1E3BF8

Analogous#F86E1E, #A8F81E

Triadic#1EF8DB, #DB1EF8

Split complementary#1EA8F8, #6E1EF8

Tetradic#1EF86E, #1E3BF8, #F81EA8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FEFBE4

Lighter +30%#FDF3B2

Lighter +20%#FBEB81

Lighter +10%#FAE34F

Darker −10%#DCC007

Darker −20%#AB9505

Darker −30%#796A04

Darker −40%#483F02

More saturated +25%#FFE017

Less saturated −25%#DBC63B

Channel breakdown

R248

G219

B30

Red248 (97.3%)

Green219 (85.9%)

Blue30 (11.8%)

Hue52.02°

Saturation (HSL)93.97%

Lightness54.51%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F8 · G DB · B 1E

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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