Colour

#FAF608

#FAF608
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Yellow

#FAF608 is a yellow with RGB values 250, 246, 8 and HSL 59°, 96%, 51%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow.

Colour values

#FAF608#FAF608

HEX#FAF608

RGBrgb(250, 246, 8)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.9647, 0.0314

RGB percentages98%, 96.5%, 3.1%

HSLhsl(59, 96%, 50.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(59, 96.8%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 1.6%, 96.8%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,446,984

CSS custom property--colour: #FAF608;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.86253WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness232.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.25:1

Contrast with white1.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black18.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E6E6E6

Inverted#0509F7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFEB00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFF231no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.1 from the original

Tritanopia#FFE5D2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 83.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.15:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text18.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow · ΔE 4.5 Gold · ΔE 19.4 Green yellow · ΔE 34.7 Yellow green · ΔE 36.1 Goldenrod · ΔE 43.1 Khaki · ΔE 48

Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 4.49, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#080CFA

Analogous#FA7D08, #85FA08

Triadic#08FAF6, #F608FA

Split complementary#0885FA, #7D08FA

Tetradic#08FA7D, #080CFA, #FA0885

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FEFDD0

Lighter +30%#FDFB9E

Lighter +20%#FCFA6C

Lighter +10%#FBF83A

Darker −10%#CBC804

Darker −20%#999603

Darker −30%#676502

Darker −40%#353401

More saturated +25%#FFFB03

Less saturated −25%#DBD828

Channel breakdown

R250

G246

Red250 (98%)

Green246 (96.5%)

Blue8 (3.1%)

Hue59.01°

Saturation (HSL)96.03%

Lightness50.59%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G F6 · B 08

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