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Recognised as Colour

#FAF500

  • #FAF500
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Yellow

#FAF500 is a yellow with RGB values 250, 245, 0 and HSL 59°, 100%, 49%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow.

Colour values

#FAF500#FAF500
HEX#FAF500
RGBrgb(250, 245, 0)
RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.9608, 0
RGB percentages98%, 96.1%, 0%
HSLhsl(58.8, 100%, 49%)
HSV / HSBhsv(58.8, 100%, 98%)
CMYK0%, 2%, 100%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,446,720
CSS custom property--colour: #FAF500;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.85629WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness232.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.13:1
Contrast with white1.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black18.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E4E4E4
Inverted#050AFF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FFEB00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#FFF12Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.2 from the original
Tritanopia#FFE4D1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 83.4 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 text18.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow · ΔE 4.7Gold · ΔE 19.1Green yellow · ΔE 35.2Yellow green · ΔE 36.5Goldenrod · ΔE 42.9Khaki · ΔE 48.3
Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 4.67, a close match
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#0005FA
Analogous#FA7800, #82FA00
Triadic#00FAF5, #F500FA
Split complementary#0082FA, #7800FA
Tetradic#00FA78, #0005FA, #FA0082

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFEC7
Lighter +30%#FFFD94
Lighter +20%#FFFC61
Lighter +10%#FFFB2E
Darker −10%#C7C300
Darker −20%#949100
Darker −30%#615F00
Darker −40%#2E2D00
More saturated +25%#FAF500
Less saturated −25%#DBD71F

Channel breakdown

R250
G245
B0
Red250 (98%)
Green245 (96.1%)
Blue0 (0%)
Hue58.8°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness49.02%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FA · G F5 · B 00

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