Colour

#F9E66B

#F9E66B
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#F9E66B is a yellow with RGB values 249, 230, 107 and HSL 52°, 92%, 70%. 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

#F9E66B#F9E66B

HEX#F9E66B

RGBrgb(249, 230, 107)

RGB (0–1)0.9765, 0.902, 0.4196

RGB percentages97.6%, 90.2%, 42%

HSLhsl(52, 92.2%, 69.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52, 57%, 97.6%)

CMYK0%, 7.6%, 57%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,377,451

CSS custom property--colour: #F9E66B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77795WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness225.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.56:1

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

Contrast with black16.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E1E1E1

Inverted#061994

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F9E05Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#FEE871no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD8CBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.5 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 text16.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 16.1 Gold · ΔE 27.1 Goldenrod · ΔE 27.1 Dark khaki · ΔE 27.8 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 30.1 Yellow green · ΔE 33.4

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 16.13, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6B7EF9

Analogous#F99F6B, #C5F96B

Triadic#6BF9E6, #E66BF9

Split complementary#6BC5F9, #9F6BF9

Tetradic#6BF99F, #6B7EF9, #F96BC5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFE

Lighter +20%#FDF7CD

Lighter +10%#FBEE9C

Darker −10%#F7DE3A

Darker −20%#F4D50A

Darker −30%#C3AA08

Darker −40%#927F06

More saturated +25%#FFEA65

Less saturated −25%#E6D87E

Channel breakdown

R249

G230

B107

Red249 (97.6%)

Green230 (90.2%)

Blue107 (42%)

Hue51.97°

Saturation (HSL)92.21%

Lightness69.8%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F9 · G E6 · B 6B

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