Recognised as Colour

#F8E48D

#F8E48D
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#F8E48D is a yellow with RGB values 248, 228, 141 and HSL 49°, 88%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#F8E48D

RGBrgb(248, 228, 141)

RGB (0–1)0.9725, 0.8941, 0.5529

RGB percentages97.3%, 89.4%, 55.3%

HSLhsl(48.8, 88.4%, 76.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.8, 43.1%, 97.3%)

CMYK0%, 8.1%, 43.1%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,311,437

CSS custom property--colour: #F8E48D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77366WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness226.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.47:1

Contrast with white1.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.47:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E2E2E2

Inverted#071B72

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F4E086no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#FAE790no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD8CFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.27:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 4.2 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 14.1 Dark khaki · ΔE 18.4 Navajo white · ΔE 19 Moccasin · ΔE 19.9 Wheat · ΔE 21.8

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 4.24, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8DA1F8

Analogous#F8AF8D, #D6F88D

Triadic#8DF8E4, #E48DF8

Split complementary#8DD6F8, #AF8DF8

Tetradic#8DF8AF, #8DA1F8, #F88DD6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FEFBED

Lighter +10%#FBEFBD

Darker −10%#F5D95D

Darker −20%#F2CD2D

Darker −30%#DEB70E

Darker −40%#AE900B

More saturated +25%#FFE886

Less saturated −25%#E9DB9C

Channel breakdown

R248

G228

B141

Red248 (97.3%)

Green228 (89.4%)

Blue141 (55.3%)

Hue48.79°

Saturation (HSL)88.43%

Lightness76.27%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F8 · G E4 · B 8D

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