Recognised as Colour

#F9E483

#F9E483
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#F9E483 is a yellow with RGB values 249, 228, 131 and HSL 49°, 91%, 75%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#F9E483

RGBrgb(249, 228, 131)

RGB (0–1)0.9765, 0.8941, 0.5137

RGB percentages97.6%, 89.4%, 51.4%

HSLhsl(49.3, 90.8%, 74.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.3, 47.4%, 97.6%)

CMYK0%, 8.4%, 47.4%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,376,963

CSS custom property--colour: #F9E483;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77265WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness225.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.45:1

Contrast with white1.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.45:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E1E1E1

Inverted#061B7C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F5DF7Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#FBE787no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD7CDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.28:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 6 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 18.8 Dark khaki · ΔE 20.3 Navajo white · ΔE 23.5 Moccasin · ΔE 24.6 Wheat · ΔE 26.6

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 5.96, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8398F9

Analogous#F9A983, #D3F983

Triadic#83F9E4, #E483F9

Split complementary#83D3F9, #A983F9

Tetradic#83F9A9, #8398F9, #F983D3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FEF9E4

Lighter +10%#FBEFB4

Darker −10%#F7D952

Darker −20%#F4CF22

Darker −30%#D9B40A

Darker −40%#A88B08

More saturated +25%#FFE87D

Less saturated −25%#E9DA93

Channel breakdown

R249

G228

B131

Red249 (97.6%)

Green228 (89.4%)

Blue131 (51.4%)

Hue49.32°

Saturation (HSL)90.77%

Lightness74.51%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F9 · G E4 · B 83

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