Recognised as Colour

#F9DC42

#F9DC42
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#F9DC42 is a yellow with RGB values 249, 220, 66 and HSL 50°, 94%, 62%. 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

#F9DC42#F9DC42

HEX#F9DC42

RGBrgb(249, 220, 66)

RGB (0–1)0.9765, 0.8627, 0.2588

RGB percentages97.6%, 86.3%, 25.9%

HSLhsl(50.5, 93.8%, 61.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.5, 73.5%, 97.6%)

CMYK0%, 11.6%, 73.5%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,374,850

CSS custom property--colour: #F9DC42;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71719WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness217.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.34:1

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

Contrast with black15.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7

Inverted#0623BD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F2D726no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#F9E14Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.4 from the original

Tritanopia#FFCBBEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 64.9 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 text15.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 13.2 Goldenrod · ΔE 22.8 Yellow · ΔE 27.2 Khaki · ΔE 29.8 Orange · ΔE 32.5 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 34.6

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 13.18, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#425FF9

Analogous#F98142, #BBF942

Triadic#42F9DC, #DC42F9

Split complementary#42BBF9, #8142F9

Tetradic#42F980, #425FF9, #F942BA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FEF7D6

Lighter +20%#FCEEA5

Lighter +10%#FBE573

Darker −10%#F7D311

Darker −20%#CEAF07

Darker −30%#9D8505

Darker −40%#6C5B03

More saturated +25%#FFE03C

Less saturated −25%#E1CB5A

Channel breakdown

R249

G220

B66

Red249 (97.6%)

Green220 (86.3%)

Blue66 (25.9%)

Hue50.49°

Saturation (HSL)93.85%

Lightness61.76%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F9 · G DC · B 42

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