Recognised as Colour

#F9E900

#F9E900
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Yellow

#F9E900 is a yellow with RGB values 249, 233, 0 and HSL 56°, 100%, 49%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow.

Colour values

#F9E900#F9E900

HEX#F9E900

RGBrgb(249, 233, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.9765, 0.9137, 0

RGB percentages97.6%, 91.4%, 0%

HSLhsl(56.1, 100%, 48.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(56.1, 100%, 97.6%)

CMYK0%, 6.4%, 100%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,378,112

CSS custom property--colour: #F9E900;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.78418WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness224.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.68:1

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

Contrast with black16.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DCDCDC

Inverted#0616FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFE100no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFE92Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD8C6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 79.7 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 text16.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow · ΔE 11.2 Gold · ΔE 12.5 Goldenrod · ΔE 36.5 Yellow green · ΔE 36.7 Green yellow · ΔE 39.9 Orange · ΔE 42.1

Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 11.23, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0010F9

Analogous#F96D00, #8CF900

Triadic#00F9E9, #E900F9

Split complementary#008CF9, #6D00F9

Tetradic#00F96D, #0010F9, #F9008C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFBC6

Lighter +30%#FFF893

Lighter +20%#FFF560

Lighter +10%#FFF22D

Darker −10%#C6B900

Darker −20%#938A00

Darker −30%#605A00

Darker −40%#2D2A00

More saturated +25%#F9E900

Less saturated −25%#DACE1F

Channel breakdown

R249

G233

Red249 (97.6%)

Green233 (91.4%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue56.14°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness48.82%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F9 · G E9 · B 00

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