Recognised as Colour

#F8F79E

#F8F79E
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#F8F79E is a yellow with RGB values 248, 247, 158 and HSL 59°, 87%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#F8F79E

RGBrgb(248, 247, 158)

RGB (0–1)0.9725, 0.9686, 0.6196

RGB percentages97.3%, 96.9%, 62%

HSLhsl(59.3, 86.5%, 79.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(59.3, 36.3%, 97.3%)

CMYK0%, 0.4%, 36.3%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,316,318

CSS custom property--colour: #F8F79E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.88947WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness238.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.79:1

Contrast with white1.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black18.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#F1F1F1

Inverted#070861

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFF097no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFF4A2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original

Tritanopia#FFECE1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.12:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text18.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 6.6 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 13.7 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 22 Moccasin · ΔE 22.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 22.8 Navajo white · ΔE 23.1

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 6.59, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9E9FF8

Analogous#F8CA9E, #CCF89E

Triadic#9EF8F7, #F79EF8

Split complementary#9ECCF8, #CA9EF8

Tetradic#9EF8CA, #9E9FF8, #F89ECC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFD

Lighter +10%#FBFBCE

Darker −10%#F5F36E

Darker −20%#F1EF3F

Darker −30%#ECEA11

Darker −40%#BCBA0E

More saturated +25%#FFFE97

Less saturated −25%#EBEAAB

Channel breakdown

R248

G247

B158

Red248 (97.3%)

Green247 (96.9%)

Blue158 (62%)

Hue59.33°

Saturation (HSL)86.54%

Lightness79.61%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F8 · G F7 · B 9E

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