Recognised as Colour

#FEF86A

#FEF86A
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FEF86A is a yellow with RGB values 254, 248, 106 and HSL 58°, 99%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#FEF86A#FEF86A

HEX#FEF86A

RGBrgb(254, 248, 106)

RGB (0–1)0.9961, 0.9725, 0.4157

RGB percentages99.6%, 97.3%, 41.6%

HSLhsl(57.6, 98.7%, 70.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(57.6, 58.3%, 99.6%)

CMYK0%, 2.4%, 58.3%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,709,738

CSS custom property--colour: #FEF86A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.89246WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness238.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.85:1

Contrast with white1.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black18.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#EFEFEF

Inverted#010795

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFEF5Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFF572no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original

Tritanopia#FFE9D9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 60.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.11:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text18.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 23.7 Gold · ΔE 25.5 Yellow · ΔE 28 Yellow green · ΔE 29.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 34.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 36.3

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 23.7, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6A70FE

Analogous#FEAE6A, #BAFE6A

Triadic#6AFEF8, #F86AFE

Split complementary#6ABAFE, #AE6AFE

Tetradic#6AFEAE, #6A70FE, #FE6ABA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFDCF

Lighter +10%#FEFA9D

Darker −10%#FEF637

Darker −20%#FDF305

Darker −30%#CEC501

Darker −40%#9B9501

More saturated +25%#FFF969

Less saturated −25%#EBE77D

Channel breakdown

R254

G248

B106

Red254 (99.6%)

Green248 (97.3%)

Blue106 (41.6%)

Hue57.57°

Saturation (HSL)98.67%

Lightness70.59%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FE · G F8 · B 6A

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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