Recognised as Colour

#F3CD00

#F3CD00
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#F3CD00 is a yellow with RGB values 243, 205, 0 and HSL 51°, 100%, 48%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#F3CD00#F3CD00

HEX#F3CD00

RGBrgb(243, 205, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.9529, 0.8039, 0

RGB percentages95.3%, 80.4%, 0%

HSLhsl(50.6, 100%, 47.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.6, 100%, 95.3%)

CMYK0%, 15.6%, 100%, 4.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,977,728

CSS custom property--colour: #F3CD00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.62717WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness205.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.54:1

Contrast with white1.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C6C6C6

Inverted#0C32FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E4C900no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#EED422no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.6 from the original

Tritanopia#FFBBAFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 72.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.55:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 4.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 22.3 Yellow · ΔE 26.2 Orange · ΔE 27.7 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 34.3 Khaki · ΔE 40.3

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 4.77, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0026F3

Analogous#F35300, #9FF300

Triadic#00F3CD, #CD00F3

Split complementary#009FF3, #5400F3

Tetradic#00F354, #0026F3, #F3009F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFF5C0

Lighter +30%#FFED8D

Lighter +20%#FFE55A

Lighter +10%#FFDD27

Darker −10%#C0A200

Darker −20%#8D7700

Darker −30%#5A4C00

Darker −40%#272100

More saturated +25%#F3CD00

Less saturated −25%#D5B81E

Channel breakdown

R243

G205

Red243 (95.3%)

Green205 (80.4%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue50.62°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness47.65%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F3 · G CD · B 00

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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