Colour

#F8E04F

#F8E04F
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#F8E04F is a yellow with RGB values 248, 224, 79 and HSL 51°, 92%, 64%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#F8E04F#F8E04F

HEX#F8E04F

RGBrgb(248, 224, 79)

RGB (0–1)0.9725, 0.8784, 0.3098

RGB percentages97.3%, 87.8%, 31%

HSLhsl(51.5, 92.3%, 64.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.5, 68.1%, 97.3%)

CMYK0%, 9.7%, 68.1%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,310,351

CSS custom property--colour: #F8E04F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73832WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness220.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.77:1

Contrast with white1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DBDBDB

Inverted#071FB0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F5DA3Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#FBE358no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.6 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD0C3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 62.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.33:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 17.4 Goldenrod · ΔE 24.1 Khaki · ΔE 25.9 Yellow · ΔE 28.9 Yellow green · ΔE 33.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 35.1

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 17.39, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4F67F8

Analogous#F88B4F, #BCF84F

Triadic#4FF8E0, #E04FF8

Split complementary#4FBCF8, #8B4FF8

Tetradic#4FF88B, #4F67F8, #F84FBC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FEFAE2

Lighter +20%#FCF1B1

Lighter +10%#FAE980

Darker −10%#F6D71E

Darker −20%#D8BB09

Darker −30%#A79107

Darker −40%#766605

More saturated +25%#FFE548

Less saturated −25%#E1D066

Channel breakdown

R248

G224

B79

Red248 (97.3%)

Green224 (87.8%)

Blue79 (31%)

Hue51.48°

Saturation (HSL)92.35%

Lightness64.12%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F8 · G E0 · B 4F

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Colour values

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