Colour

#FADC5F

#FADC5F
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FADC5F is a yellow with RGB values 250, 220, 95 and HSL 48°, 94%, 68%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#FADC5F#FADC5F

HEX#FADC5F

RGBrgb(250, 220, 95)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.8627, 0.3725

RGB percentages98%, 86.3%, 37.3%

HSLhsl(48.4, 93.9%, 67.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.4, 62%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 12%, 62%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,440,415

CSS custom property--colour: #FADC5F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72337WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness219.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.47:1

Contrast with white1.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.47:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9

Inverted#0523A0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F0D851no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#F8E165no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.4 from the original

Tritanopia#FFCDC1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.36:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 19.4 Goldenrod · ΔE 21.8 Gold · ΔE 23.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 28.8 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 31.9 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 32.9

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 19.42, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5F7DFA

Analogous#FA8F5F, #CBFA5F

Triadic#5FFADC, #DC5FFA

Split complementary#5FCBFA, #8F5FFA

Tetradic#5FFA8E, #5F7DFA, #FA5FCA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFCF3

Lighter +20%#FDF2C2

Lighter +10%#FCE790

Darker −10%#F8D12E

Darker −20%#ECBF07

Darker −30%#BA9706

Darker −40%#896F04

More saturated +25%#FFDF5A

Less saturated −25%#E5CF74

Channel breakdown

R250

G220

B95

Red250 (98%)

Green220 (86.3%)

Blue95 (37.3%)

Hue48.39°

Saturation (HSL)93.94%

Lightness67.65%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G DC · B 5F

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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