Recognised as Colour

#F9DC09

#F9DC09
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#F9DC09 is a yellow with RGB values 249, 220, 9 and HSL 53°, 95%, 51%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#F9DC09#F9DC09

HEX#F9DC09

RGBrgb(249, 220, 9)

RGB (0–1)0.9765, 0.8627, 0.0353

RGB percentages97.6%, 86.3%, 3.5%

HSLhsl(52.8, 95.2%, 50.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.8, 96.4%, 97.6%)

CMYK0%, 11.6%, 96.4%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,374,793

CSS custom property--colour: #F9DC09;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71346WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness216.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.27:1

Contrast with white1.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D3D3D3

Inverted#0623F6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F3D600no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#FBE029no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original

Tritanopia#FFCABCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 76.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.38:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 5.1 Yellow · ΔE 19.1 Goldenrod · ΔE 29 Orange · ΔE 34.2 Yellow green · ΔE 38.6 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 40.8

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 5.07, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0926F9

Analogous#F96409, #9EF909

Triadic#09F9DC, #DC09F9

Split complementary#099EF9, #6409F9

Tetradic#09F964, #0926F9, #F9099E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FEF8D0

Lighter +30%#FDF19E

Lighter +20%#FBEA6D

Lighter +10%#FAE33B

Darker −10%#CAB205

Darker −20%#988604

Darker −30%#665A03

Darker −40%#352E01

More saturated +25%#FFE103

Less saturated −25%#D9C429

Channel breakdown

R249

G220

Red249 (97.6%)

Green220 (86.3%)

Blue9 (3.5%)

Hue52.75°

Saturation (HSL)95.24%

Lightness50.59%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F9 · G DC · B 09

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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