Recognised as Colour

#F8E596

#F8E596
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#F8E596 is a yellow with RGB values 248, 229, 150 and HSL 48°, 87%, 78%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#F8E596

RGBrgb(248, 229, 150)

RGB (0–1)0.9725, 0.898, 0.5882

RGB percentages97.3%, 89.8%, 58.8%

HSLhsl(48.4, 87.5%, 78%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.4, 39.5%, 97.3%)

CMYK0%, 7.7%, 39.5%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,311,702

CSS custom property--colour: #F8E596;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.78197WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness227.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.64:1

Contrast with white1.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E3E3E3

Inverted#071A69

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F4E190no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#F9E899no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FFDAD1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.26:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 6.2 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 10.3 Navajo white · ΔE 15.4 Moccasin · ΔE 16 Wheat · ΔE 17.9 Dark khaki · ΔE 18.1

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 6.24, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#96A9F8

Analogous#F8B496, #DAF896

Triadic#96F8E5, #E596F8

Split complementary#96DAF8, #B496F8

Tetradic#96F8B4, #96A9F8, #F896DA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FEFDF6

Lighter +10%#FBF1C6

Darker −10%#F5D966

Darker −20%#F2CD36

Darker −30%#E6BC0F

Darker −40%#B6950C

More saturated +25%#FFE98F

Less saturated −25%#EADCA4

Channel breakdown

R248

G229

B150

Red248 (97.3%)

Green229 (89.8%)

Blue150 (58.8%)

Hue48.37°

Saturation (HSL)87.5%

Lightness78.04%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F8 · G E5 · B 96

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