Recognised as Colour

#F9E48B

#F9E48B
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#F9E48B is a yellow with RGB values 249, 228, 139 and HSL 49°, 90%, 76%. 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

#F9E48B#F9E48B

HEX#F9E48B

RGBrgb(249, 228, 139)

RGB (0–1)0.9765, 0.8941, 0.5451

RGB percentages97.6%, 89.4%, 54.5%

HSLhsl(48.5, 90.2%, 76.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.5, 44.2%, 97.6%)

CMYK0%, 8.4%, 44.2%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,376,971

CSS custom property--colour: #F9E48B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77491WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness226.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.5:1

Contrast with white1.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E2E2E2

Inverted#061B74

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F4E084no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#FAE78Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD8CEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.27:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 4.5 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 15.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 18.9 Navajo white · ΔE 19.8 Moccasin · ΔE 20.8 Wheat · ΔE 22.8

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 4.53, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8BA0F9

Analogous#F9AD8B, #D7F98B

Triadic#8BF9E4, #E48BF9

Split complementary#8BD7F9, #AD8BF9

Tetradic#8BF9AD, #8BA0F9, #F98BD7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FEFBEC

Lighter +10%#FCEFBB

Darker −10%#F6D95B

Darker −20%#F4CD2A

Darker −30%#DFB70C

Darker −40%#AF8F09

More saturated +25%#FFE885

Less saturated −25%#EADB9A

Channel breakdown

R249

G228

B139

Red249 (97.6%)

Green228 (89.4%)

Blue139 (54.5%)

Hue48.55°

Saturation (HSL)90.16%

Lightness76.08%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F9 · G E4 · B 8B

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