Recognised as Colour

#F9D91D

#F9D91D
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#F9D91D is a yellow with RGB values 249, 217, 29 and HSL 51°, 95%, 55%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#F9D91D#F9D91D

HEX#F9D91D

RGBrgb(249, 217, 29)

RGB (0–1)0.9765, 0.851, 0.1137

RGB percentages97.6%, 85.1%, 11.4%

HSLhsl(51.3, 94.8%, 54.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.3, 88.4%, 97.6%)

CMYK0%, 12.9%, 88.4%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,374,045

CSS custom property--colour: #F9D91D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69854WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness215.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.97:1

Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.97:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D2D2D2

Inverted#0626E2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F0D400no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original

Deuteranopia#F8DE31no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FFC7B9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 72.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 4.8 Yellow · ΔE 22.2 Goldenrod · ΔE 25.8 Orange · ΔE 31.8 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 37.8 Yellow green · ΔE 38.4

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 4.83, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1D3DF9

Analogous#F96B1D, #ABF91D

Triadic#1DF9D9, #D91DF9

Split complementary#1DABF9, #6B1DF9

Tetradic#1DF96B, #1D3DF9, #F91DAB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FEFAE4

Lighter +30%#FDF2B2

Lighter +20%#FCEA80

Lighter +10%#FAE14F

Darker −10%#DDBE06

Darker −20%#AB9305

Darker −30%#7A6903

Darker −40%#483E02

More saturated +25%#FFDD17

Less saturated −25%#DCC43A

Channel breakdown

R249

G217

B29

Red249 (97.6%)

Green217 (85.1%)

Blue29 (11.4%)

Hue51.27°

Saturation (HSL)94.83%

Lightness54.51%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F9 · G D9 · B 1D

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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