Recognised as Colour

#F8DD58

#F8DD58
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#F8DD58 is a yellow with RGB values 248, 221, 88 and HSL 50°, 92%, 66%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

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HEX#F8DD58

RGBrgb(248, 221, 88)

RGB (0–1)0.9725, 0.8667, 0.3451

RGB percentages97.3%, 86.7%, 34.5%

HSLhsl(49.9, 92%, 65.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.9, 64.5%, 97.3%)

CMYK0%, 10.9%, 64.5%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,309,592

CSS custom property--colour: #F8DD58;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72374WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness219 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.47:1

Contrast with white1.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.47:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9

Inverted#0722A7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F2D848no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#F9E15Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FFCDC1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 57.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.36:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 21 Khaki · ΔE 21.9 Goldenrod · ΔE 22.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 31.1 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 32.9 Yellow · ΔE 33.6

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 21.02, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5873F8

Analogous#F88D58, #C3F858

Triadic#58F8DD, #DD58F8

Split complementary#58C3F8, #8D58F8

Tetradic#58F88D, #5873F8, #F858C3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FEFBEB

Lighter +20%#FCF1BA

Lighter +10%#FAE789

Darker −10%#F6D327

Darker −20%#E1BC09

Darker −30%#B09307

Darker −40%#7F6A05

More saturated +25%#FFE251

Less saturated −25%#E2CF6E

Channel breakdown

R248

G221

B88

Red248 (97.3%)

Green221 (86.7%)

Blue88 (34.5%)

Hue49.88°

Saturation (HSL)91.95%

Lightness65.88%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F8 · G DD · B 58

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