Colour

#F8DC59

#F8DC59
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#F8DC59 is a yellow with RGB values 248, 220, 89 and HSL 49°, 92%, 66%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#F8DC59#F8DC59

HEX#F8DC59

RGBrgb(248, 220, 89)

RGB (0–1)0.9725, 0.8627, 0.349

RGB percentages97.3%, 86.3%, 34.9%

HSLhsl(49.4, 91.9%, 66.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.4, 64.1%, 97.3%)

CMYK0%, 11.3%, 64.1%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,309,337

CSS custom property--colour: #F8DC59;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71864WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness218.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.37:1

Contrast with white1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8

Inverted#0723A6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F1D749no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#F8E060no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.6 from the original

Tritanopia#FFCDC0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 56.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.37:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 21.3 Gold · ΔE 21.6 Goldenrod · ΔE 21.9 Dark khaki · ΔE 30.4 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 32.4 Orange · ΔE 34.2

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 21.33, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5975F8

Analogous#F88D59, #C4F859

Triadic#59F8DC, #DC59F8

Split complementary#59C4F8, #8D59F8

Tetradic#59F88D, #5975F8, #F859C4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FEFBEC

Lighter +20%#FCF1BB

Lighter +10%#FAE68A

Darker −10%#F6D228

Darker −20%#E1BB0A

Darker −30%#B19307

Darker −40%#806A05

More saturated +25%#FFE152

Less saturated −25%#E2CE6F

Channel breakdown

R248

G220

B89

Red248 (97.3%)

Green220 (86.3%)

Blue89 (34.9%)

Hue49.43°

Saturation (HSL)91.91%

Lightness66.08%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F8 · G DC · B 59

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