Recognised as Colour

#FADE21

#FADE21
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FADE21 is a yellow with RGB values 250, 222, 33 and HSL 52°, 96%, 55%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#FADE21#FADE21

HEX#FADE21

RGBrgb(250, 222, 33)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.8706, 0.1294

RGB percentages98%, 87.1%, 12.9%

HSLhsl(52.3, 95.6%, 55.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.3, 86.8%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 11.2%, 86.8%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,440,865

CSS custom property--colour: #FADE21;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72676WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness218.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.54:1

Contrast with white1.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D6D6D6

Inverted#0521DE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F5D800no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#FCE234no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original

Tritanopia#FFCDBEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 73.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.35:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 6.3 Yellow · ΔE 19.9 Goldenrod · ΔE 28 Orange · ΔE 34.2 Yellow green · ΔE 37.3 Khaki · ΔE 39

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 6.3, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#213DFA

Analogous#FA7121, #AAFA21

Triadic#21FADE, #DE21FA

Split complementary#21AAFA, #7221FA

Tetradic#21FA71, #213DFA, #FA21A9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FEFCE9

Lighter +30%#FDF4B7

Lighter +20%#FCED85

Lighter +10%#FBE553

Darker −10%#E3C605

Darker −20%#B19B04

Darker −30%#7F6F03

Darker −40%#4D4402

More saturated +25%#FFE21C

Less saturated −25%#DEC93D

Channel breakdown

R250

G222

B33

Red250 (98%)

Green222 (87.1%)

Blue33 (12.9%)

Hue52.26°

Saturation (HSL)95.59%

Lightness55.49%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G DE · B 21

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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