Colour

#FEF097

#FEF097
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FEF097 is a yellow with RGB values 254, 240, 151 and HSL 52°, 98%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#FEF097#FEF097

HEX#FEF097

RGBrgb(254, 240, 151)

RGB (0–1)0.9961, 0.9412, 0.5922

RGB percentages99.6%, 94.1%, 59.2%

HSLhsl(51.8, 98.1%, 79.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.8, 40.6%, 99.6%)

CMYK0%, 5.5%, 40.6%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,707,735

CSS custom property--colour: #FEF097;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.85625WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness236 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.13:1

Contrast with white1.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black18.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#EDEDED

Inverted#010F68

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFEB90no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFF19Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FFE4DAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.16:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text18.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 4.1 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 14 Navajo white · ΔE 20.7 Moccasin · ΔE 20.9 Dark khaki · ΔE 21.5 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 22.8

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 4.15, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#97A5FE

Analogous#FEBD97, #D9FE97

Triadic#97FEF0, #F097FE

Split complementary#97D8FE, #BD97FE

Tetradic#97FEBD, #97A5FE, #FE97D8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFC

Lighter +10%#FEF7CA

Darker −10%#FEE964

Darker −20%#FDE132

Darker −30%#FAD802

Darker −40%#C7AC02

More saturated +25%#FFF196

Less saturated −25%#F1E6A4

Channel breakdown

R254

G240

B151

Red254 (99.6%)

Green240 (94.1%)

Blue151 (59.2%)

Hue51.84°

Saturation (HSL)98.1%

Lightness79.41%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FE · G F0 · B 97

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