Recognised as Colour
#FAC82A
- #FAC82A
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Gold
#FAC82A is a yellow with RGB values 250, 200, 42 and HSL 46°, 95%, 57%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.
Colour values
#FAC82A#FAC82A
HEX#FAC82A
RGBrgb(250, 200, 42)
RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.7843, 0.1647
RGB percentages98%, 78.4%, 16.5%
HSLhsl(45.6, 95.4%, 57.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(45.6, 83.2%, 98%)
CMYK0%, 20%, 83.2%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,435,242
CSS custom property--colour: #FAC82A;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.618WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness205.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.36:1
Contrast with white1.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.36:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C7C7C7
Inverted#0537D5
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.57:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.36:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#2A5CFA
Analogous#FA602A, #C4FA2A
Triadic#2AFAC8, #C82AFA
Split complementary#2AC4FA, #602AFA
Tetradic#2AFA60, #2A5CFA, #FA2AC4
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R250
G200
B42
Red250 (98%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue42 (16.5%)
Hue45.58°
Saturation (HSL)95.41%
Lightness57.25%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FA · G C8 · B 2A
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