Recognised as Colour

#F9DC15

#F9DC15
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#F9DC15 is a yellow with RGB values 249, 220, 21 and HSL 52°, 95%, 53%. 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

#F9DC15#F9DC15

HEX#F9DC15

RGBrgb(249, 220, 21)

RGB (0–1)0.9765, 0.8627, 0.0824

RGB percentages97.6%, 86.3%, 8.2%

HSLhsl(52.4, 95%, 52.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.4, 91.6%, 97.6%)

CMYK0%, 11.6%, 91.6%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,374,805

CSS custom property--colour: #F9DC15;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7138WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness216.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.28:1

Contrast with white1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D4D4D4

Inverted#0623EA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F3D600no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#FBE02Eno 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 75.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.37:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 5.2 Yellow · ΔE 19.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 28.2 Orange · ΔE 33.9 Yellow green · ΔE 38.1 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 40

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 5.23, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1532F9

Analogous#F96A15, #A4F915

Triadic#15F9DC, #DC15F9

Split complementary#15A4F9, #6A15F9

Tetradic#15F96A, #1532F9, #F915A4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FEFADC

Lighter +30%#FDF2AA

Lighter +20%#FCEB78

Lighter +10%#FAE347

Darker −10%#D6BB05

Darker −20%#A48F04

Darker −30%#726403

Darker −40%#403802

More saturated +25%#FFE00F

Less saturated −25%#DBC633

Channel breakdown

R249

G220

B21

Red249 (97.6%)

Green220 (86.3%)

Blue21 (8.2%)

Hue52.37°

Saturation (HSL)95%

Lightness52.94%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F9 · G DC · B 15

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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