Recognised as Colour

#F9DC1D

#F9DC1D
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#F9DC1D is a yellow with RGB values 249, 220, 29 and HSL 52°, 95%, 55%. 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

#F9DC1D#F9DC1D

HEX#F9DC1D

RGBrgb(249, 220, 29)

RGB (0–1)0.9765, 0.8627, 0.1137

RGB percentages97.6%, 86.3%, 11.4%

HSLhsl(52.1, 94.8%, 54.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.1, 88.4%, 97.6%)

CMYK0%, 11.6%, 88.4%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,374,813

CSS custom property--colour: #F9DC1D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71415WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness216.9 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#0623E2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F3D600no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#FBE032no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FFCABCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 73.9 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 5.7 Yellow · ΔE 20.4 Goldenrod · ΔE 27.4 Orange · ΔE 33.6 Yellow green · ΔE 37.6 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 39.3

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 5.66, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1D3AF9

Analogous#F96E1D, #A8F91D

Triadic#1DF9DC, #DC1DF9

Split complementary#1DA8F9, #6E1DF9

Tetradic#1DF96E, #1D3AF9, #F91DA8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FEFBE4

Lighter +30%#FDF3B2

Lighter +20%#FCEB80

Lighter +10%#FAE44F

Darker −10%#DDC106

Darker −20%#AB9505

Darker −30%#7A6A03

Darker −40%#483F02

More saturated +25%#FFE017

Less saturated −25%#DCC73A

Channel breakdown

R249

G220

B29

Red249 (97.6%)

Green220 (86.3%)

Blue29 (11.4%)

Hue52.09°

Saturation (HSL)94.83%

Lightness54.51%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F9 · G DC · B 1D

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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