Colour

#FADD00

#FADD00
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FADD00 is a yellow with RGB values 250, 221, 0 and HSL 53°, 100%, 49%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#FADD00#FADD00

HEX#FADD00

RGBrgb(250, 221, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.8667, 0

RGB percentages98%, 86.7%, 0%

HSLhsl(53, 100%, 49%)

HSV / HSBhsv(53, 100%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 11.6%, 100%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,440,576

CSS custom property--colour: #FADD00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72037WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness217.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.41:1

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

Contrast with black15.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D3D3D3

Inverted#0522FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F4D700no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#FCE126no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FFCBBCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 76.8 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 text15.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 5.3 Yellow · ΔE 18.4 Goldenrod · ΔE 29.9 Orange · ΔE 34.7 Yellow green · ΔE 39.1 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 41.7

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 5.28, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#001DFA

Analogous#FA6000, #9AFA00

Triadic#00FADD, #DD00FA

Split complementary#009AFA, #6000FA

Tetradic#00FA60, #001DFA, #FA009A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFF9C7

Lighter +30%#FFF394

Lighter +20%#FFED61

Lighter +10%#FFE72E

Darker −10%#C7B000

Darker −20%#948300

Darker −30%#615600

Darker −40%#2E2900

More saturated +25%#FADD00

Less saturated −25%#DBC51F

Channel breakdown

R250

G221

Red250 (98%)

Green221 (86.7%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue53.04°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness49.02%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G DD · B 00

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Colour values

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