Colour

#FFF9A2

#FFF9A2
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FFF9A2 is a yellow with RGB values 255, 249, 162 and HSL 56°, 100%, 82%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 19.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#FFF9A2#FFF9A2

HEX#FFF9A2

RGBrgb(255, 249, 162)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.9765, 0.6353

RGB percentages100%, 97.6%, 63.5%

HSLhsl(56.1, 100%, 81.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(56.1, 36.5%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 2.4%, 36.5%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,775,586

CSS custom property--colour: #FFF9A2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.9162WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness242.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 19.32:1

Contrast with white1.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black19.32:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#F4F4F4

Inverted#00065D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFF39Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFF7A6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original

Tritanopia#FFEEE3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.09:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text19.32:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 6.9 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 13.1 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 20.9 Moccasin · ΔE 21.2 Navajo white · ΔE 21.6 Wheat · ΔE 23.2

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 6.93, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A2A8FF

Analogous#FFCBA2, #D7FFA2

Triadic#A2FFF9, #F9A2FF

Split complementary#A2D6FF, #CBA2FF

Tetradic#A2FFCB, #A2A8FF, #FFA2D6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FFFCD5

Darker −10%#FFF66F

Darker −20%#FFF23C

Darker −30%#FFEF09

Darker −40%#D5C700

More saturated +25%#FFF9A2

Less saturated −25%#F3EFAE

Channel breakdown

R255

G249

B162

Red255 (100%)

Green249 (97.6%)

Blue162 (63.5%)

Hue56.13°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness81.76%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G F9 · B A2

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