Recognised as Colour

#FACA2A

#FACA2A
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FACA2A is a yellow with RGB values 250, 202, 42 and HSL 46°, 95%, 57%. 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

#FACA2A#FACA2A

HEX#FACA2A

RGBrgb(250, 202, 42)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.7922, 0.1647

RGB percentages98%, 79.2%, 16.5%

HSLhsl(46.2, 95.4%, 57.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(46.2, 83.2%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 19.2%, 83.2%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,435,754

CSS custom property--colour: #FACA2A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.62732WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness207 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.55:1

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

Contrast with black13.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9

Inverted#0535D5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E2C800no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#EED536no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.7 from the original

Tritanopia#FFB8ADno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 65.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

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

Contrast with black, large text13.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 11.2 Goldenrod · ΔE 16.3 Orange · ΔE 22.4 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 29.2 Yellow · ΔE 32.9 Khaki · ΔE 35.7

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 11.22, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2A5AFA

Analogous#FA622A, #C2FA2A

Triadic#2AFACA, #CA2AFA

Split complementary#2AC2FA, #622AFA

Tetradic#2AFA62, #2A5AFA, #FA2AC2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFCF1

Lighter +30%#FEEFBF

Lighter +20%#FCE38E

Lighter +10%#FBD65C

Darker −10%#EBB606

Darker −20%#BA9004

Darker −30%#886903

Darker −40%#564302

More saturated +25%#FFCD25

Less saturated −25%#DFBB45

Channel breakdown

R250

G202

B42

Red250 (98%)

Green202 (79.2%)

Blue42 (16.5%)

Hue46.15°

Saturation (HSL)95.41%

Lightness57.25%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G CA · B 2A

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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