Colour

#F8E27E

#F8E27E
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#F8E27E is a yellow with RGB values 248, 226, 126 and HSL 49°, 90%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#F8E27E#F8E27E

HEX#F8E27E

RGBrgb(248, 226, 126)

RGB (0–1)0.9725, 0.8863, 0.4941

RGB percentages97.3%, 88.6%, 49.4%

HSLhsl(49.2, 89.7%, 73.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.2, 49.2%, 97.3%)

CMYK0%, 8.9%, 49.2%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,310,910

CSS custom property--colour: #F8E27E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75856WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness224 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.17:1

Contrast with white1.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DFDFDF

Inverted#071D81

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F4DD75no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#FAE582no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD5CAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.3:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 7.4 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 20.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 20.6 Navajo white · ΔE 24.9 Moccasin · ΔE 26.1 Burlywood · ΔE 27.6

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 7.37, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7E94F8

Analogous#F8A57E, #D1F87E

Triadic#7EF8E2, #E27EF8

Split complementary#7ED1F8, #A57EF8

Tetradic#7EF8A5, #7E94F8, #F87ED1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FDF8DF

Lighter +10%#FBEDAE

Darker −10%#F5D74E

Darker −20%#F3CC1D

Darker −30%#D2AE0B

Darker −40%#A18609

More saturated +25%#FFE677

Less saturated −25%#E7D78F

Channel breakdown

R248

G226

B126

Red248 (97.3%)

Green226 (88.6%)

Blue126 (49.4%)

Hue49.18°

Saturation (HSL)89.71%

Lightness73.33%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F8 · G E2 · B 7E

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