Colour

#FADE2C

#FADE2C
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FADE2C is a yellow with RGB values 250, 222, 44 and HSL 52°, 95%, 58%. 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

#FADE2C#FADE2C

HEX#FADE2C

RGBrgb(250, 222, 44)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.8706, 0.1725

RGB percentages98%, 87.1%, 17.3%

HSLhsl(51.8, 95.4%, 57.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.8, 82.4%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 11.2%, 82.4%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,440,876

CSS custom property--colour: #FADE2C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72748WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness218.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.55:1

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

Contrast with black15.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7

Inverted#0521D3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F5D800no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#FCE23Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original

Tritanopia#FFCDBEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 71 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 text15.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 7.6 Yellow · ΔE 21.4 Goldenrod · ΔE 26.6 Orange · ΔE 33.7 Yellow green · ΔE 36.4 Khaki · ΔE 36.7

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 7.64, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2C48FA

Analogous#FA772C, #AFFA2C

Triadic#2CFADE, #DE2CFA

Split complementary#2CAFFA, #772CFA

Tetradic#2CFA77, #2C48FA, #FA2CAF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFDF3

Lighter +30%#FEF5C1

Lighter +20%#FCEE90

Lighter +10%#FBE65E

Darker −10%#EDCE06

Darker −20%#BCA304

Darker −30%#8A7703

Darker −40%#584C02

More saturated +25%#FFE227

Less saturated −25%#DFCA47

Channel breakdown

R250

G222

B44

Red250 (98%)

Green222 (87.1%)

Blue44 (17.3%)

Hue51.84°

Saturation (HSL)95.37%

Lightness57.65%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G DE · B 2C

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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