Colour

#F9EA86

#F9EA86
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#F9EA86 is a yellow with RGB values 249, 234, 134 and HSL 52°, 91%, 75%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#F9EA86#F9EA86

HEX#F9EA86

RGBrgb(249, 234, 134)

RGB (0–1)0.9765, 0.9176, 0.5255

RGB percentages97.6%, 91.8%, 52.5%

HSLhsl(52.2, 90.6%, 75.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.2, 46.2%, 97.6%)

CMYK0%, 6%, 46.2%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,378,502

CSS custom property--colour: #F9EA86;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.80707WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness229.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.14:1

Contrast with white1.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E6E6E6

Inverted#061579

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FBE47Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFEB8Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FFDED2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.23:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 5.5 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 19.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 21.6 Navajo white · ΔE 25.3 Moccasin · ΔE 26 Wheat · ΔE 28

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 5.5, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8695F9

Analogous#F9B186, #CFF986

Triadic#86F9EA, #EA86F9

Split complementary#86CFF9, #B086F9

Tetradic#86F9B1, #8695F9, #F986CF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FEFBE7

Lighter +10%#FBF2B7

Darker −10%#F7E255

Darker −20%#F4D925

Darker −30%#DBC00B

Darker −40%#AB9508

More saturated +25%#FFEE80

Less saturated −25%#E9DE96

Channel breakdown

R249

G234

B134

Red249 (97.6%)

Green234 (91.8%)

Blue134 (52.5%)

Hue52.17°

Saturation (HSL)90.55%

Lightness75.1%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F9 · G EA · B 86

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