Recognised as Colour

#FAD84F

#FAD84F
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FAD84F is a yellow with RGB values 250, 216, 79 and HSL 48°, 94%, 65%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#FAD84F#FAD84F

HEX#FAD84F

RGBrgb(250, 216, 79)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.8471, 0.3098

RGB percentages98%, 84.7%, 31%

HSLhsl(48.1, 94.5%, 64.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.1, 68.4%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 13.6%, 68.4%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,439,375

CSS custom property--colour: #FAD84F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness216.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15:1

Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D5D5D5

Inverted#0527B0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EED43Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#F6DE56no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original

Tritanopia#FFC8BCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 59.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 18.2 Goldenrod · ΔE 19.6 Khaki · ΔE 25 Orange · ΔE 30.8 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 31.1 Dark khaki · ΔE 33.2

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 18.22, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4F71FA

Analogous#FA834F, #C6FA4F

Triadic#4FFAD8, #D84FFA

Split complementary#4FC6FA, #824FFA

Tetradic#4FFA83, #4F71FA, #FA4FC7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FEF9E4

Lighter +20%#FDEEB2

Lighter +10%#FBE381

Darker −10%#F9CD1D

Darker −20%#DDB206

Darker −30%#AB8A05

Darker −40%#7A6203

More saturated +25%#FFDB4A

Less saturated −25%#E3CA66

Channel breakdown

R250

G216

B79

Red250 (98%)

Green216 (84.7%)

Blue79 (31%)

Hue48.07°

Saturation (HSL)94.48%

Lightness64.51%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G D8 · B 4F

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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