Recognised as Colour

#F9DD70

#F9DD70
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#F9DD70 is a yellow with RGB values 249, 221, 112 and HSL 48°, 92%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#F9DD70#F9DD70

HEX#F9DD70

RGBrgb(249, 221, 112)

RGB (0–1)0.9765, 0.8667, 0.4392

RGB percentages97.6%, 86.7%, 43.9%

HSLhsl(47.7, 91.9%, 70.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(47.7, 55%, 97.6%)

CMYK0%, 11.2%, 55%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,375,152

CSS custom property--colour: #F9DD70;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73022WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness220.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.6:1

Contrast with white1.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DBDBDB

Inverted#06228F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F0D966no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#F7E275no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FFCFC4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.35:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 12.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 23.3 Goldenrod · ΔE 24.7 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 25.7 Navajo white · ΔE 29.1 Burlywood · ΔE 30.5

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 12.74, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#708CF9

Analogous#F99870, #D1F970

Triadic#70F9DD, #DD70F9

Split complementary#70D1F9, #9870F9

Tetradic#70F998, #708CF9, #F970D1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FDF4D2

Lighter +10%#FBE9A1

Darker −10%#F7D13F

Darker −20%#F5C60E

Darker −30%#C8A108

Darker −40%#977906

More saturated +25%#FFE16A

Less saturated −25%#E6D283

Channel breakdown

R249

G221

B112

Red249 (97.6%)

Green221 (86.7%)

Blue112 (43.9%)

Hue47.74°

Saturation (HSL)91.95%

Lightness70.78%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F9 · G DD · B 70

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