Recognised as Colour

#F8E156

#F8E156
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#F8E156 is a yellow with RGB values 248, 225, 86 and HSL 51°, 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

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HEX#F8E156

RGBrgb(248, 225, 86)

RGB (0–1)0.9725, 0.8824, 0.3373

RGB percentages97.3%, 88.2%, 33.7%

HSLhsl(51.5, 92%, 65.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.5, 65.3%, 97.3%)

CMYK0%, 9.3%, 65.3%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,310,614

CSS custom property--colour: #F8E156;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74479WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness221.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.9:1

Contrast with white1.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DCDCDC

Inverted#071EA9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F5DB44no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#FCE45Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD1C4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 59.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.32:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 19.8 Khaki · ΔE 23.4 Goldenrod · ΔE 24.4 Yellow · ΔE 30.7 Yellow green · ΔE 33 Dark khaki · ΔE 33

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 19.77, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#566DF8

Analogous#F89056, #BEF856

Triadic#56F8E1, #E156F8

Split complementary#56BEF8, #9056F8

Tetradic#56F890, #566DF8, #F856BE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FEFBE9

Lighter +20%#FCF2B8

Lighter +10%#FAEA87

Darker −10%#F6D825

Darker −20%#DFC009

Darker −30%#AE9607

Darker −40%#7D6C05

More saturated +25%#FFE64F

Less saturated −25%#E2D16C

Channel breakdown

R248

G225

B86

Red248 (97.3%)

Green225 (88.2%)

Blue86 (33.7%)

Hue51.48°

Saturation (HSL)92.05%

Lightness65.49%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F8 · G E1 · B 56

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