Recognised as Colour

#F8E69F

#F8E69F
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#F8E69F is a yellow with RGB values 248, 230, 159 and HSL 48°, 86%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

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HEX#F8E69F

RGBrgb(248, 230, 159)

RGB (0–1)0.9725, 0.902, 0.6235

RGB percentages97.3%, 90.2%, 62.4%

HSLhsl(47.9, 86.4%, 79.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(47.9, 35.9%, 97.3%)

CMYK0%, 7.3%, 35.9%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,311,967

CSS custom property--colour: #F8E69F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.79053WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness228.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.81:1

Contrast with white1.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E5E5E5

Inverted#071960

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F4E29Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#F9E9A1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FFDCD4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.25:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 6.8 Khaki · ΔE 9.7 Navajo white · ΔE 12 Moccasin · ΔE 12.3 Wheat · ΔE 14.1 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 16

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#9FB1F8

Analogous#F8BA9F, #DDF89F

Triadic#9FF8E6, #E69FF8

Split complementary#9FDEF8, #BA9FF8

Tetradic#9FF8BA, #9FB1F8, #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%#F5DA6F

Darker −20%#F1CD40

Darker −30%#EDC011

Darker −40%#BD9A0E

More saturated +25%#FFEA98

Less saturated −25%#EBDEAC

Channel breakdown

R248

G230

B159

Red248 (97.3%)

Green230 (90.2%)

Blue159 (62.4%)

Hue47.87°

Saturation (HSL)86.41%

Lightness79.8%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F8 · G E6 · B 9F

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