Colour

#F9E508

#F9E508
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#F9E508 is a yellow with RGB values 249, 229, 8 and HSL 55°, 95%, 50%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

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HEX#F9E508

RGBrgb(249, 229, 8)

RGB (0–1)0.9765, 0.898, 0.0314

RGB percentages97.6%, 89.8%, 3.1%

HSLhsl(55, 95.3%, 50.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(55, 96.8%, 97.6%)

CMYK0%, 8%, 96.8%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,377,096

CSS custom property--colour: #F9E508;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.76196WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness222.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.24:1

Contrast with white1.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9

Inverted#061AF7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FBDD00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFE62Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.4 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD4C3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 78.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.29:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 10 Yellow · ΔE 13.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 33.9 Yellow green · ΔE 36.9 Orange · ΔE 39.5 Green yellow · ΔE 41.6

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 10.03, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#081CF9

Analogous#F96D08, #94F908

Triadic#08F9E5, #E508F9

Split complementary#0894F9, #6D08F9

Tetradic#08F96D, #081CF9, #F90894

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FEFACF

Lighter +30%#FDF59D

Lighter +20%#FBEF6C

Lighter +10%#FAEA3A

Darker −10%#C9B905

Darker −20%#978B04

Darker −30%#665D02

Darker −40%#343001

More saturated +25%#FFEA02

Less saturated −25%#D9CB28

Channel breakdown

R249

G229

Red249 (97.6%)

Green229 (89.8%)

Blue8 (3.1%)

Hue55.02°

Saturation (HSL)95.26%

Lightness50.39%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F9 · G E5 · B 08

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Colour values

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