Colour

#FEF499

#FEF499
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FEF499 is a yellow with RGB values 254, 244, 153 and HSL 54°, 98%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#FEF499#FEF499

HEX#FEF499

RGBrgb(254, 244, 153)

RGB (0–1)0.9961, 0.9569, 0.6

RGB percentages99.6%, 95.7%, 60%

HSLhsl(54.1, 98.1%, 79.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(54.1, 39.8%, 99.6%)

CMYK0%, 3.9%, 39.8%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,708,761

CSS custom property--colour: #FEF499;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.88072WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness238.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.61:1

Contrast with white1.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black18.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#F0F0F0

Inverted#010B66

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFEE92no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFF49Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FFE9DEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.13:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text18.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 4.9 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 14.7 Navajo white · ΔE 22.2 Moccasin · ΔE 22.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 22.6 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 23.2

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 4.87, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#99A3FE

Analogous#FEC299, #D6FE99

Triadic#99FEF4, #F499FE

Split complementary#99D6FE, #C299FE

Tetradic#99FEC2, #99A3FE, #FE99D6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFE

Lighter +10%#FEF9CC

Darker −10%#FEEF66

Darker −20%#FDE934

Darker −30%#FCE302

Darker −40%#C9B502

More saturated +25%#FFF598

Less saturated −25%#F1EAA6

Channel breakdown

R254

G244

B153

Red254 (99.6%)

Green244 (95.7%)

Blue153 (60%)

Hue54.06°

Saturation (HSL)98.06%

Lightness79.8%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FE · G F4 · B 99

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