Recognised as Colour

#FADB3B

#FADB3B
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FADB3B is a yellow with RGB values 250, 219, 59 and HSL 50°, 95%, 61%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#FADB3B#FADB3B

HEX#FADB3B

RGBrgb(250, 219, 59)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.8588, 0.2314

RGB percentages98%, 85.9%, 23.1%

HSLhsl(50.3, 95%, 60.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.3, 76.4%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 12.4%, 76.4%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,440,123

CSS custom property--colour: #FADB3B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71303WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness217.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.26:1

Contrast with white1.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D6D6D6

Inverted#0524C4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F1D616no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#F9E046no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original

Tritanopia#FFCABDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 66.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.38:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 10.9 Goldenrod · ΔE 22.9 Yellow · ΔE 26.1 Orange · ΔE 31.6 Khaki · ΔE 32.1 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 34.9

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 10.91, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3B5AFA

Analogous#FA7B3B, #BAFA3B

Triadic#3BFADB, #DB3BFA

Split complementary#3BBAFA, #7B3BFA

Tetradic#3BFA7B, #3B5AFA, #FA3BBA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FEF6D0

Lighter +20%#FDED9E

Lighter +10%#FBE46D

Darker −10%#F9D209

Darker −20%#CAAA05

Darker −30%#988004

Darker −40%#665603

More saturated +25%#FFDE36

Less saturated −25%#E1CA54

Channel breakdown

R250

G219

B59

Red250 (98%)

Green219 (85.9%)

Blue59 (23.1%)

Hue50.26°

Saturation (HSL)95.02%

Lightness60.59%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G DB · B 3B

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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