Colour

#FADA00

#FADA00
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FADA00 is a yellow with RGB values 250, 218, 0 and HSL 52°, 100%, 49%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#FADA00#FADA00

HEX#FADA00

RGBrgb(250, 218, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.8549, 0

RGB percentages98%, 85.5%, 0%

HSLhsl(52.3, 100%, 49%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.3, 100%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 12.8%, 100%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,439,808

CSS custom property--colour: #FADA00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70467WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness215.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.09:1

Contrast with white1.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D1D1D1

Inverted#0525FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F1D400no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#FADF25no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FFC8BAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 76.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.39:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 3.7 Yellow · ΔE 20.2 Goldenrod · ΔE 28.4 Orange · ΔE 33 Yellow green · ΔE 39.8 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 40.2

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 3.65, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0020FA

Analogous#FA5D00, #9DFA00

Triadic#00FADA, #DA00FA

Split complementary#009DFA, #5D00FA

Tetradic#00FA5D, #0020FA, #FA009D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFF8C7

Lighter +30%#FFF194

Lighter +20%#FFEB61

Lighter +10%#FFE42E

Darker −10%#C7AE00

Darker −20%#948100

Darker −30%#615500

Darker −40%#2E2800

More saturated +25%#FADA00

Less saturated −25%#DBC31F

Channel breakdown

R250

G218

Red250 (98%)

Green218 (85.5%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue52.32°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness49.02%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G DA · B 00

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