Recognised as Colour

#F9E58B

#F9E58B
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#F9E58B is a yellow with RGB values 249, 229, 139 and HSL 49°, 90%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#F9E58B#F9E58B

HEX#F9E58B

RGBrgb(249, 229, 139)

RGB (0–1)0.9765, 0.898, 0.5451

RGB percentages97.6%, 89.8%, 54.5%

HSLhsl(49.1, 90.2%, 76.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.1, 44.2%, 97.6%)

CMYK0%, 8%, 44.2%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,377,227

CSS custom property--colour: #F9E58B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.78042WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness227 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.61:1

Contrast with white1.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E3E3E3

Inverted#061A74

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F5E184no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#FBE88Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD9CFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.26:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 4.1 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 15.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 19.1 Navajo white · ΔE 20.4 Moccasin · ΔE 21.3 Wheat · ΔE 23.2

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 4.14, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8B9FF9

Analogous#F9AE8B, #D6F98B

Triadic#8BF9E5, #E58BF9

Split complementary#8BD6F9, #AE8BF9

Tetradic#8BF9AE, #8B9FF9, #F98BD6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FEFBEC

Lighter +10%#FCF0BB

Darker −10%#F6DA5B

Darker −20%#F4CF2A

Darker −30%#DFB90C

Darker −40%#AF9109

More saturated +25%#FFE985

Less saturated −25%#EADB9A

Channel breakdown

R249

G229

B139

Red249 (97.6%)

Green229 (89.8%)

Blue139 (54.5%)

Hue49.09°

Saturation (HSL)90.16%

Lightness76.08%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F9 · G E5 · B 8B

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