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Recognised as Colour

#F8E171

  • #F8E171
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Khaki

#F8E171 is a yellow with RGB values 248, 225, 113 and HSL 50°, 91%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#F8E171#F8E171
HEX#F8E171
RGBrgb(248, 225, 113)
RGB (0–1)0.9725, 0.8824, 0.4431
RGB percentages97.3%, 88.2%, 44.3%
HSLhsl(49.8, 90.6%, 70.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49.8, 54.4%, 97.3%)
CMYK0%, 9.3%, 54.4%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,310,641
CSS custom property--colour: #F8E171;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74999WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness222.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16:1
Contrast with white1.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE
Inverted#071E8E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F4DC66no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#FAE476no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Tritanopia#FFD3C8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.31:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 12.4Dark khaki · ΔE 24Pale goldenrod · ΔE 26Goldenrod · ΔE 26.3Navajo white · ΔE 30.4Gold · ΔE 30.6
Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 12.37, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7188F8
Analogous#F89D71, #CCF871
Triadic#71F8E1, #E171F8
Split complementary#71CBF8, #9E71F8
Tetradic#71F89D, #7188F8, #F871CB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FDF6D2
Lighter +10%#FAEBA2
Darker −10%#F6D740
Darker −20%#F3CC10
Darker −30%#C6A60A
Darker −40%#967D07
More saturated +25%#FFE66A
Less saturated −25%#E5D584

Channel breakdown

R248
G225
B113
Red248 (97.3%)
Green225 (88.2%)
Blue113 (44.3%)
Hue49.78°
Saturation (HSL)90.6%
Lightness70.78%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR F8 · G E1 · B 71

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