Colour

#FAD70A

#FAD70A
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FAD70A is a yellow with RGB values 250, 215, 10 and HSL 51°, 96%, 51%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#FAD70A#FAD70A

HEX#FAD70A

RGBrgb(250, 215, 10)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.8431, 0.0392

RGB percentages98%, 84.3%, 3.9%

HSLhsl(51.3, 96%, 51%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.3, 96%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 14%, 96%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,439,050

CSS custom property--colour: #FAD70A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68947WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness214.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.79:1

Contrast with white1.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0

Inverted#0528F5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EFD200no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#F8DD28no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FFC5B7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 74.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.42:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 2.5 Yellow · ΔE 22.3 Goldenrod · ΔE 26.3 Orange · ΔE 31 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 38.3 Yellow green · ΔE 40.3

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 2.51, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0A2DFA

Analogous#FA5F0A, #A5FA0A

Triadic#0AFAD7, #D70AFA

Split complementary#0AA5FA, #5F0AFA

Tetradic#0AFA5F, #0A2DFA, #FA0AA5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FEF8D2

Lighter +30%#FDEFA0

Lighter +20%#FCE76E

Lighter +10%#FBDF3C

Darker −10%#CDB004

Darker −20%#9B8503

Darker −30%#695A02

Darker −40%#372F01

More saturated +25%#FFDB05

Less saturated −25%#DBC129

Channel breakdown

R250

G215

B10

Red250 (98%)

Green215 (84.3%)

Blue10 (3.9%)

Hue51.25°

Saturation (HSL)96%

Lightness50.98%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G D7 · B 0A

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Colour values

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