Colour

#FFF0A9

#FFF0A9
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#FFF0A9 is a yellow with RGB values 255, 240, 169 and HSL 50°, 100%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#FFF0A9#FFF0A9

HEX#FFF0A9

RGBrgb(255, 240, 169)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.9412, 0.6627

RGB percentages100%, 94.1%, 66.3%

HSLhsl(49.5, 100%, 83.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.5, 33.7%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 5.9%, 33.7%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,773,289

CSS custom property--colour: #FFF0A9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.86445WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness237.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.29:1

Contrast with white1.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black18.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#EEEEEE

Inverted#000F56

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FEECA4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFF2ACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FFE6DEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.15:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text18.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 6.6 Khaki · ΔE 10.5 Moccasin · ΔE 12.7 Navajo white · ΔE 13.2 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 14.3 Wheat · ΔE 14.8

Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 6.62, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A9B8FF

Analogous#FFC5A9, #E3FFA9

Triadic#A9FFF0, #F0A9FF

Split complementary#A9E3FF, #C5A9FF

Tetradic#A9FFC5, #A9B8FF, #FFA9E3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FFF9DC

Darker −10%#FFE776

Darker −20%#FFDE43

Darker −30%#FFD510

Darker −40%#DCB600

More saturated +25%#FFF0A9

Less saturated −25%#F4E9B4

Channel breakdown

R255

G240

B169

Red255 (100%)

Green240 (94.1%)

Blue169 (66.3%)

Hue49.53°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness83.14%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G F0 · B A9

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