Colour

#F8E600

#F8E600
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#F8E600 is a yellow with RGB values 248, 230, 0 and HSL 56°, 100%, 49%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

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HEX#F8E600

RGBrgb(248, 230, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.9725, 0.902, 0

RGB percentages97.3%, 90.2%, 0%

HSLhsl(55.6, 100%, 48.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(55.6, 100%, 97.3%)

CMYK0%, 7.3%, 100%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,311,808

CSS custom property--colour: #F8E600;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7655WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness222.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.31:1

Contrast with white1.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9

Inverted#0719FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FCDE00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFE62Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD5C4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 79.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.29:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 11.1 Yellow · ΔE 12.7 Goldenrod · ΔE 35 Yellow green · ΔE 36.7 Orange · ΔE 40.7 Green yellow · ΔE 40.8

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 11.11, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0012F8

Analogous#F86A00, #8EF800

Triadic#00F8E6, #E600F8

Split complementary#008EF8, #6A00F8

Tetradic#00F86A, #0012F8, #F8008E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFBC5

Lighter +30%#FFF792

Lighter +20%#FFF35F

Lighter +10%#FFF02C

Darker −10%#C5B700

Darker −20%#928700

Darker −30%#5F5800

Darker −40%#2C2900

More saturated +25%#F8E600

Less saturated −25%#D9CB1F

Channel breakdown

R248

G230

Red248 (97.3%)

Green230 (90.2%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue55.65°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness48.63%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F8 · G E6 · B 00

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Colour values

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