Colour

#F9E274

#F9E274
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#F9E274 is a yellow with RGB values 249, 226, 116 and HSL 50°, 92%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#F9E274

RGBrgb(249, 226, 116)

RGB (0–1)0.9765, 0.8863, 0.4549

RGB percentages97.6%, 88.6%, 45.5%

HSLhsl(49.6, 91.7%, 71.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.6, 53.4%, 97.6%)

CMYK0%, 9.2%, 53.4%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,376,436

CSS custom property--colour: #F9E274;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75793WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness223.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.16:1

Contrast with white1.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DFDFDF

Inverted#061D8B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F5DD6Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original

Deuteranopia#FBE579no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD4C9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.3:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 11.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 23.6 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 25.1 Goldenrod · ΔE 26.9 Navajo white · ΔE 29.5 Moccasin · ΔE 30.7

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 11.49, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#748BF9

Analogous#F9A074, #CDF974

Triadic#74F9E2, #E274F9

Split complementary#74CDF9, #A074F9

Tetradic#74F9A0, #748BF9, #F974CD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FDF6D6

Lighter +10%#FBECA5

Darker −10%#F7D843

Darker −20%#F5CE12

Darker −30%#CBAA09

Darker −40%#9A8107

More saturated +25%#FFE66E

Less saturated −25%#E7D686

Channel breakdown

R249

G226

B116

Red249 (97.6%)

Green226 (88.6%)

Blue116 (45.5%)

Hue49.62°

Saturation (HSL)91.72%

Lightness71.57%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F9 · G E2 · B 74

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