Recognised as Colour

#F8E183

#F8E183
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#F8E183 is a yellow with RGB values 248, 225, 131 and HSL 48°, 89%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#F8E183#F8E183

HEX#F8E183

RGBrgb(248, 225, 131)

RGB (0–1)0.9725, 0.8824, 0.5137

RGB percentages97.3%, 88.2%, 51.4%

HSLhsl(48.2, 89.3%, 74.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.2, 47.2%, 97.3%)

CMYK0%, 9.3%, 47.2%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,310,659

CSS custom property--colour: #F8E183;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75446WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness223.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.09:1

Contrast with white1.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DFDFDF

Inverted#071E7C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F2DD7Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#F8E587no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD4CBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.5 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 text16.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 6.1 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 18 Dark khaki · ΔE 19.3 Navajo white · ΔE 22.1 Moccasin · ΔE 23.3 Burlywood · ΔE 25.1

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 6.05, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#839AF8

Analogous#F8A683, #D5F883

Triadic#83F8E1, #E183F8

Split complementary#83D5F8, #A683F8

Tetradic#83F8A6, #839AF8, #F883D5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FDF8E4

Lighter +10%#FBEDB3

Darker −10%#F5D553

Darker −20%#F3CA22

Darker −30%#D6AE0C

Darker −40%#A68709

More saturated +25%#FFE57C

Less saturated −25%#E8D793

Channel breakdown

R248

G225

B131

Red248 (97.3%)

Green225 (88.2%)

Blue131 (51.4%)

Hue48.21°

Saturation (HSL)89.31%

Lightness74.31%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F8 · G E1 · B 83

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