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Colour

#FAF300

  • #FAF300
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Yellow

#FAF300 is a yellow with RGB values 250, 243, 0 and HSL 58°, 100%, 49%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow.

Colour values

#FAF300#FAF300
HEX#FAF300
RGBrgb(250, 243, 0)
RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.9529, 0
RGB percentages98%, 95.3%, 0%
HSLhsl(58.3, 100%, 49%)
HSV / HSBhsv(58.3, 100%, 98%)
CMYK0%, 2.8%, 100%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,446,208
CSS custom property--colour: #FAF300;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.84425WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness231 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.89:1
Contrast with white1.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.89:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E3E3E3
Inverted#050CFF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FFE900no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#FFF02Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.6 from the original
Tritanopia#FFE2CFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 82.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.17:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow · ΔE 5.8Gold · ΔE 17.9Green yellow · ΔE 36Yellow green · ΔE 36.5Goldenrod · ΔE 41.8Orange · ΔE 47.6
Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 5.77, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#0007FA
Analogous#FA7600, #84FA00
Triadic#00FAF3, #F300FA
Split complementary#0084FA, #7600FA
Tetradic#00FA76, #0007FA, #FA0084

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFDC7
Lighter +30%#FFFC94
Lighter +20%#FFFB61
Lighter +10%#FFF92E
Darker −10%#C7C100
Darker −20%#949000
Darker −30%#615E00
Darker −40%#2E2D00
More saturated +25%#FAF300
Less saturated −25%#DBD51F

Channel breakdown

R250
G243
B0
Red250 (98%)
Green243 (95.3%)
Blue0 (0%)
Hue58.32°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness49.02%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FA · G F3 · B 00

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