Colour

#FADF25

#FADF25
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FADF25 is a yellow with RGB values 250, 223, 37 and HSL 52°, 96%, 56%. 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

#FADF25#FADF25

HEX#FADF25

RGBrgb(250, 223, 37)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.8745, 0.1451

RGB percentages98%, 87.5%, 14.5%

HSLhsl(52.4, 95.5%, 56.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.4, 85.2%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 10.8%, 85.2%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,441,125

CSS custom property--colour: #FADF25;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73233WCAG 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 15.65:1

Contrast with white1.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.65:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7

Inverted#0520DA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F6D900no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#FDE337no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original

Tritanopia#FFCEBFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 73 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.34:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 7 Yellow · ΔE 19.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 28 Orange · ΔE 34.6 Yellow green · ΔE 36.7 Khaki · ΔE 38.4

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 7.02, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2540FA

Analogous#FA7525, #AAFA25

Triadic#25FADF, #DF25FA

Split complementary#25AAFA, #7425FA

Tetradic#25FA75, #2540FA, #FA25AB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFCEC

Lighter +30%#FDF5BB

Lighter +20%#FCEE89

Lighter +10%#FBE657

Darker −10%#E7CA05

Darker −20%#B59E04

Darker −30%#837303

Darker −40%#514702

More saturated +25%#FFE320

Less saturated −25%#DECA41

Channel breakdown

R250

G223

B37

Red250 (98%)

Green223 (87.5%)

Blue37 (14.5%)

Hue52.39°

Saturation (HSL)95.52%

Lightness56.27%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G DF · B 25

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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