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Recognised as Colour

#FAF42E

  • #FAF42E
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Yellow

#FAF42E is a yellow with RGB values 250, 244, 46 and HSL 58°, 95%, 58%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow.

Colour values

#FAF42E#FAF42E
HEX#FAF42E
RGBrgb(250, 244, 46)
RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.9569, 0.1804
RGB percentages98%, 95.7%, 18%
HSLhsl(58.2, 95.3%, 58%)
HSV / HSBhsv(58.2, 81.6%, 98%)
CMYK0%, 2.4%, 81.6%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,446,510
CSS custom property--colour: #FAF42E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.85223WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness232.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.04:1
Contrast with white1.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black18.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E7E7E7
Inverted#050BD1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FFEA00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#FFF142no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7 from the original
Tritanopia#FFE3D1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 77.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.16:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text18.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow · ΔE 10Gold · ΔE 17.3Yellow green · ΔE 33Green yellow · ΔE 35.1Goldenrod · ΔE 38.9Khaki · ΔE 41.9
Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 10.01, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2E34FA
Analogous#FA8E2E, #9AFA2E
Triadic#2EFAF4, #F42EFA
Split complementary#2E9AFA, #8E2EFA
Tetradic#2EFA8E, #2E34FA, #FA2E9A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFEF5
Lighter +30%#FEFCC3
Lighter +20%#FCF992
Lighter +10%#FBF760
Darker −10%#EFE806
Darker −20%#BDB805
Darker −30%#8C8803
Darker −40%#5A5702
More saturated +25%#FFF929
Less saturated −25%#DFDB49

Channel breakdown

R250
G244
B46
Red250 (98%)
Green244 (95.7%)
Blue46 (18%)
Hue58.24°
Saturation (HSL)95.33%
Lightness58.04%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FA · G F4 · B 2E

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