Colour

#FADF5D

#FADF5D
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FADF5D is a yellow with RGB values 250, 223, 93 and HSL 50°, 94%, 67%. 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

#FADF5D#FADF5D

HEX#FADF5D

RGBrgb(250, 223, 93)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.8745, 0.3647

RGB percentages98%, 87.5%, 36.5%

HSLhsl(49.7, 94%, 67.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.7, 62.8%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 10.8%, 62.8%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,441,181

CSS custom property--colour: #FADF5D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7389WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness221.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.78:1

Contrast with white1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DBDBDB

Inverted#0520A2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F3DA4Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#FBE364no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD0C3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 56.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.33:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 20.6 Gold · ΔE 22.3 Goldenrod · ΔE 23 Dark khaki · ΔE 30.4 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 33.4 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 34.3

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 20.59, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5D78FA

Analogous#FA905D, #C7FA5D

Triadic#5DFADF, #DF5DFA

Split complementary#5DC7FA, #905DFA

Tetradic#5DFA90, #5D78FA, #FA5DC7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFCF1

Lighter +20%#FDF3C0

Lighter +10%#FCE98E

Darker −10%#F8D52C

Darker −20%#EAC307

Darker −30%#B89A06

Darker −40%#877004

More saturated +25%#FFE258

Less saturated −25%#E5D172

Channel breakdown

R250

G223

B93

Red250 (98%)

Green223 (87.5%)

Blue93 (36.5%)

Hue49.68°

Saturation (HSL)94.01%

Lightness67.25%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G DF · B 5D

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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