Recognised as Colour

#F9E572

#F9E572
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#F9E572 is a yellow with RGB values 249, 229, 114 and HSL 51°, 92%, 71%. 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#F9E572

RGBrgb(249, 229, 114)

RGB (0–1)0.9765, 0.898, 0.4471

RGB percentages97.6%, 89.8%, 44.7%

HSLhsl(51.1, 91.8%, 71.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.1, 54.2%, 97.6%)

CMYK0%, 8%, 54.2%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,377,202

CSS custom property--colour: #F9E572;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77393WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness225.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.48:1

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

Contrast with black16.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E1E1E1

Inverted#061A8D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F8DF67no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#FDE777no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD7CBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.5 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 text16.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 12.9 Dark khaki · ΔE 25.2 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 26.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 27.5 Gold · ΔE 30.1 Navajo white · ΔE 31.7

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 12.87, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7286F9

Analogous#F9A272, #C9F972

Triadic#72F9E5, #E572F9

Split complementary#72CAF9, #A172F9

Tetradic#72F9A2, #7286F9, #F972CA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FDF7D4

Lighter +10%#FBEEA3

Darker −10%#F7DC41

Darker −20%#F5D310

Darker −30%#C9AD09

Darker −40%#998306

More saturated +25%#FFE96C

Less saturated −25%#E7D884

Channel breakdown

R249

G229

B114

Red249 (97.6%)

Green229 (89.8%)

Blue114 (44.7%)

Hue51.11°

Saturation (HSL)91.84%

Lightness71.18%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F9 · G E5 · B 72

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