Recognised as Colour

#F9EE74

#F9EE74
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#F9EE74 is a yellow with RGB values 249, 238, 116 and HSL 55°, 92%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#F9EE74#F9EE74

HEX#F9EE74

RGBrgb(249, 238, 116)

RGB (0–1)0.9765, 0.9333, 0.4549

RGB percentages97.6%, 93.3%, 45.5%

HSLhsl(55, 91.7%, 71.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(55, 53.4%, 97.6%)

CMYK0%, 4.4%, 53.4%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,379,508

CSS custom property--colour: #F9EE74;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.8255WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness230.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.51:1

Contrast with white1.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.51:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E8E8E8

Inverted#06118B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFE768no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFED7Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original

Tritanopia#FFE0D3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.2:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 15 Dark khaki · ΔE 28.2 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 28.9 Gold · ΔE 29.9 Goldenrod · ΔE 31.2 Yellow green · ΔE 31.8

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 14.96, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#747FF9

Analogous#F9AC74, #C1F974

Triadic#74F9EE, #EE74F9

Split complementary#74C1F9, #AB74F9

Tetradic#74F9AC, #747FF9, #F974C1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FDFAD6

Lighter +10%#FBF4A5

Darker −10%#F7E843

Darker −20%#F5E212

Darker −30%#CBBB09

Darker −40%#9A8E07

More saturated +25%#FFF36E

Less saturated −25%#E7DF86

Channel breakdown

R249

G238

B116

Red249 (97.6%)

Green238 (93.3%)

Blue116 (45.5%)

Hue55.04°

Saturation (HSL)91.72%

Lightness71.57%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F9 · G EE · B 74

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