Recognised as Colour

#FADE3C

#FADE3C
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FADE3C is a yellow with RGB values 250, 222, 60 and HSL 51°, 95%, 61%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#FADE3C#FADE3C

HEX#FADE3C

RGBrgb(250, 222, 60)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.8706, 0.2353

RGB percentages98%, 87.1%, 23.5%

HSLhsl(51.2, 95%, 60.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.2, 76%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 11.2%, 76%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,440,892

CSS custom property--colour: #FADE3C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72893WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness219.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.58:1

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

Contrast with black15.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8

Inverted#0521C3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F4D817no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#FCE247no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original

Tritanopia#FFCDBFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 67.1 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 text15.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 11.1 Goldenrod · ΔE 24.5 Yellow · ΔE 24.7 Khaki · ΔE 32.2 Orange · ΔE 33.3 Yellow green · ΔE 35.3

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 11.13, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3C58FA

Analogous#FA7F3C, #B7FA3C

Triadic#3CFADE, #DE3CFA

Split complementary#3CB7FA, #7F3CFA

Tetradic#3CFA7F, #3C58FA, #FA3CB7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FEF7D1

Lighter +20%#FDEF9F

Lighter +10%#FBE66E

Darker −10%#F9D60A

Darker −20%#CBAE05

Darker −30%#998304

Darker −40%#675903

More saturated +25%#FFE237

Less saturated −25%#E1CC55

Channel breakdown

R250

G222

B60

Red250 (98%)

Green222 (87.1%)

Blue60 (23.5%)

Hue51.16°

Saturation (HSL)95%

Lightness60.78%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G DE · B 3C

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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