Recognised as Colour

#F8DE73

#F8DE73
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#F8DE73 is a yellow with RGB values 248, 222, 115 and HSL 48°, 90%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#F8DE73

RGBrgb(248, 222, 115)

RGB (0–1)0.9725, 0.8706, 0.451

RGB percentages97.3%, 87.1%, 45.1%

HSLhsl(48.3, 90.5%, 71.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.3, 53.6%, 97.3%)

CMYK0%, 10.5%, 53.6%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,309,875

CSS custom property--colour: #F8DE73;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73437WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness221 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.69:1

Contrast with white1.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DCDCDC

Inverted#07218C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F1DA69no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#F7E278no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD0C6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.34:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 11.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 22.5 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 24.5 Goldenrod · ΔE 25.8 Navajo white · ΔE 28.2 Moccasin · ΔE 29.6

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 11.37, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#738DF8

Analogous#F89B73, #CFF873

Triadic#73F8DE, #DE73F8

Split complementary#73CFF8, #9B73F8

Tetradic#73F89C, #738DF8, #F873D0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FDF5D4

Lighter +10%#FAE9A4

Darker −10%#F6D342

Darker −20%#F3C712

Darker −30%#C8A30A

Darker −40%#977B08

More saturated +25%#FFE26C

Less saturated −25%#E6D385

Channel breakdown

R248

G222

B115

Red248 (97.3%)

Green222 (87.1%)

Blue115 (45.1%)

Hue48.27°

Saturation (HSL)90.48%

Lightness71.18%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F8 · G DE · B 73

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