Colour

#F8E142

#F8E142
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#F8E142 is a yellow with RGB values 248, 225, 66 and HSL 52°, 93%, 62%. 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

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HEX#F8E142

RGBrgb(248, 225, 66)

RGB (0–1)0.9725, 0.8824, 0.2588

RGB percentages97.3%, 88.2%, 25.9%

HSLhsl(52.4, 92.9%, 61.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.4, 73.4%, 97.3%)

CMYK0%, 9.3%, 73.4%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,310,594

CSS custom property--colour: #F8E142;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.742WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness220.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.84:1

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

Contrast with black15.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DADADA

Inverted#071EBD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F6DB24no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7 from the original

Deuteranopia#FDE34Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD1C2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 66 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 text15.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 13.4 Yellow · ΔE 24.3 Goldenrod · ΔE 25.9 Khaki · ΔE 30.7 Yellow green · ΔE 33.3 Orange · ΔE 35.5

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 13.45, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4259F8

Analogous#F88642, #B4F842

Triadic#42F8E1, #E142F8

Split complementary#42B4F8, #8642F8

Tetradic#42F886, #4259F8, #F842B4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FDF8D6

Lighter +20%#FCF1A4

Lighter +10%#FAE973

Darker −10%#F6D911

Darker −20%#CCB408

Darker −30%#9B8806

Darker −40%#6A5D04

More saturated +25%#FFE63B

Less saturated −25%#E0CF5B

Channel breakdown

R248

G225

B66

Red248 (97.3%)

Green225 (88.2%)

Blue66 (25.9%)

Hue52.42°

Saturation (HSL)92.86%

Lightness61.57%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F8 · G E1 · B 42

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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