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Recognised as Colour

#F8E59F

  • #F8E59F
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#F8E59F is a yellow with RGB values 248, 229, 159 and HSL 47°, 86%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#F8E59F#F8E59F
HEX#F8E59F
RGBrgb(248, 229, 159)
RGB (0–1)0.9725, 0.898, 0.6235
RGB percentages97.3%, 89.8%, 62.4%
HSLhsl(47.2, 86.4%, 79.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(47.2, 35.9%, 97.3%)
CMYK0%, 7.7%, 35.9%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,311,711
CSS custom property--colour: #F8E59F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.78498WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness228.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.7:1
Contrast with white1.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E4E4E4
Inverted#071A60

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F3E29Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#F8E8A1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Tritanopia#FFDBD3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.6 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 text16.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 6.8Khaki · ΔE 10.2Navajo white · ΔE 11.4Moccasin · ΔE 11.7Wheat · ΔE 13.5Lemon chiffon · ΔE 15.9
Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 6.83, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9FB2F8
Analogous#F8B89F, #DEF89F
Triadic#9FF8E5, #E59FF8
Split complementary#9FDEF8, #B99FF8
Tetradic#9FF8B9, #9FB2F8, #F89FDE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFE
Lighter +10%#FBF2CF
Darker −10%#F5D86F
Darker −20%#F1CB40
Darker −30%#EDBE11
Darker −40%#BD980E
More saturated +25%#FFE998
Less saturated −25%#EBDEAC

Channel breakdown

R248
G229
B159
Red248 (97.3%)
Green229 (89.8%)
Blue159 (62.4%)
Hue47.19°
Saturation (HSL)86.41%
Lightness79.8%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR F8 · G E5 · B 9F

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