Colour

#FFF38E

#FFF38E
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FFF38E is a yellow with RGB values 255, 243, 142 and HSL 54°, 100%, 78%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#FFF38E#FFF38E

HEX#FFF38E

RGBrgb(255, 243, 142)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.9529, 0.5569

RGB percentages100%, 95.3%, 55.7%

HSLhsl(53.6, 100%, 77.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(53.6, 44.3%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 4.7%, 44.3%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,774,030

CSS custom property--colour: #FFF38E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.87314WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness237.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.46:1

Contrast with white1.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black18.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#EEEEEE

Inverted#000C71

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFED86no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFF392no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FFE7DBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.14:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text18.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 6.7 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 19.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 24 Navajo white · ΔE 26.2 Moccasin · ΔE 26.6 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 28.1

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 6.75, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8E9AFF

Analogous#FFBA8E, #D3FF8E

Triadic#8EFFF3, #F38EFF

Split complementary#8ED3FF, #BA8EFF

Tetradic#8EFFBA, #8E9AFF, #FF8ED3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFEF4

Lighter +10%#FFF8C1

Darker −10%#FFEE5B

Darker −20%#FFE828

Darker −30%#F4DA00

Darker −40%#C1AD00

More saturated +25%#FFF38E

Less saturated −25%#F1E89C

Channel breakdown

R255

G243

B142

Red255 (100%)

Green243 (95.3%)

Blue142 (55.7%)

Hue53.63°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness77.84%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G F3 · B 8E

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