Recognised as Colour
#F8E151
- #F8E151
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Gold
#F8E151 is a yellow with RGB values 248, 225, 81 and HSL 52°, 92%, 65%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.
Colour values
#F8E151#F8E151
HEX#F8E151
RGBrgb(248, 225, 81)
RGB (0–1)0.9725, 0.8824, 0.3176
RGB percentages97.3%, 88.2%, 31.8%
HSLhsl(51.7, 92.3%, 64.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.7, 67.3%, 97.3%)
CMYK0%, 9.3%, 67.3%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,310,609
CSS custom property--colour: #F8E151;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.74401WCAG 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 15.88:1
Contrast with white1.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DBDBDB
Inverted#071EAE
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.32:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.88:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#5168F8
Analogous#F88E51, #BBF851
Triadic#51F8E1, #E151F8
Split complementary#51BBF8, #8E51F8
Tetradic#51F88E, #5168F8, #F851BB
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R248
G225
B81
Red248 (97.3%)
Green225 (88.2%)
Blue81 (31.8%)
Hue51.74°
Saturation (HSL)92.27%
Lightness64.51%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR F8 · G E1 · B 51
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