Recognised as Colour
#FADD1D
- #FADD1D
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Gold
#FADD1D is a yellow with RGB values 250, 221, 29 and HSL 52°, 96%, 55%. 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
#FADD1D#FADD1D
HEX#FADD1D
RGBrgb(250, 221, 29)
RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.8667, 0.1137
RGB percentages98%, 86.7%, 11.4%
HSLhsl(52.1, 95.7%, 54.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(52.1, 88.4%, 98%)
CMYK0%, 11.6%, 88.4%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,440,605
CSS custom property--colour: #FADD1D;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.72126WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness217.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.43:1
Contrast with white1.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.43:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D5D5D5
Inverted#0522E2
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.36:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.43:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#1D3AFA
Analogous#FA6E1D, #A9FA1D
Triadic#1DFADD, #DD1DFA
Split complementary#1DA8FA, #6F1DFA
Tetradic#1DFA6E, #1D3AFA, #FA1DA8
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R250
G221
B29
Red250 (98%)
Green221 (86.7%)
Blue29 (11.4%)
Hue52.13°
Saturation (HSL)95.67%
Lightness54.71%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FA · G DD · B 1D
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