Colour

#F9CD00

#F9CD00
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#F9CD00 is a yellow with RGB values 249, 205, 0 and HSL 49°, 100%, 49%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#F9CD00#F9CD00

HEX#F9CD00

RGBrgb(249, 205, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.9765, 0.8039, 0

RGB percentages97.6%, 80.4%, 0%

HSLhsl(49.4, 100%, 48.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.4, 100%, 97.6%)

CMYK0%, 17.7%, 100%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,370,944

CSS custom property--colour: #F9CD00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63802WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness207.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.76:1

Contrast with white1.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8

Inverted#0632FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E5CA00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8 from the original

Deuteranopia#F0D621no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FFBBAFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 72.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.53:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 4.7 Goldenrod · ΔE 22.1 Orange · ΔE 25.6 Yellow · ΔE 27.6 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 34.3 Dark orange · ΔE 40

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 4.65, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#002CF9

Analogous#F95100, #A8F900

Triadic#00F9CD, #CD00F9

Split complementary#00A9F9, #5000F9

Tetradic#00F951, #002CF9, #F900A9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFF5C6

Lighter +30%#FFEC93

Lighter +20%#FFE360

Lighter +10%#FFDA2D

Darker −10%#C6A300

Darker −20%#937900

Darker −30%#604F00

Darker −40%#2D2500

More saturated +25%#F9CD00

Less saturated −25%#DAB91F

Channel breakdown

R249

G205

Red249 (97.6%)

Green205 (80.4%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue49.4°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness48.82%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F9 · G CD · B 00

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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