Recognised as Colour
#FADE7A
- #FADE7A
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Khaki
#FADE7A is a yellow with RGB values 250, 222, 122 and HSL 47°, 93%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.
Colour values
#FADE7A#FADE7A
HEX#FADE7A
RGBrgb(250, 222, 122)
RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.8706, 0.4784
RGB percentages98%, 87.1%, 47.8%
HSLhsl(46.9, 92.8%, 72.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(46.9, 51.2%, 98%)
CMYK0%, 11.2%, 51.2%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,440,954
CSS custom property--colour: #FADE7A;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.73972WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness222.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.79:1
Contrast with white1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DDDDDD
Inverted#052185
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.33:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.79:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#7A96FA
Analogous#FA9E7A, #D6FA7A
Triadic#7AFADE, #DE7AFA
Split complementary#7AD6FA, #9E7AFA
Tetradic#7AFA9E, #7A96FA, #FA7AD6
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R250
G222
B122
Red250 (98%)
Green222 (87.1%)
Blue122 (47.8%)
Hue46.88°
Saturation (HSL)92.75%
Lightness72.94%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FA · G DE · B 7A
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