Recognised as Colour

#F8E586

#F8E586
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#F8E586 is a yellow with RGB values 248, 229, 134 and HSL 50°, 89%, 75%. 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#F8E586

RGBrgb(248, 229, 134)

RGB (0–1)0.9725, 0.898, 0.5255

RGB percentages97.3%, 89.8%, 52.5%

HSLhsl(50, 89.1%, 74.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50, 46%, 97.3%)

CMYK0%, 7.7%, 46%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,311,686

CSS custom property--colour: #F8E586;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77716WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness226.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.54:1

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

Contrast with black16.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E2E2E2

Inverted#071A79

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F6E07Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#FBE78Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD9CEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42 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 text16.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 4.6 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 17.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 19.8 Navajo white · ΔE 22.7 Moccasin · ΔE 23.7 Wheat · ΔE 25.6

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 4.63, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8699F8

Analogous#F8AC86, #D2F886

Triadic#86F8E5, #E586F8

Split complementary#86D2F8, #AC86F8

Tetradic#86F8AC, #8699F8, #F886D2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FEFAE6

Lighter +10%#FBEFB6

Darker −10%#F5DB56

Darker −20%#F2D026

Darker −30%#D8B60D

Darker −40%#A88E0A

More saturated +25%#FFEA7F

Less saturated −25%#E8DA96

Channel breakdown

R248

G229

B134

Red248 (97.3%)

Green229 (89.8%)

Blue134 (52.5%)

Hue50°

Saturation (HSL)89.06%

Lightness74.9%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F8 · G E5 · B 86

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