Recognised as Colour

#FAF879

#FAF879
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FAF879 is a yellow with RGB values 250, 248, 121 and HSL 59°, 93%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#FAF879#FAF879

HEX#FAF879

RGBrgb(250, 248, 121)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.9725, 0.4745

RGB percentages98%, 97.3%, 47.5%

HSLhsl(59.1, 92.8%, 72.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(59.1, 51.6%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 0.8%, 51.6%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,447,609

CSS custom property--colour: #FAF879;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.88839WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness237.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.77:1

Contrast with white1.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black18.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#EFEFEF

Inverted#050786

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFEF6Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFF480no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FFEBDBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.12:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text18.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 17.6 Yellow green · ΔE 29.9 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 30.9 Gold · ΔE 31.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 31.4 Yellow · ΔE 34.6

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 17.58, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#797BFA

Analogous#FAB779, #BCFA79

Triadic#79FAF8, #F879FA

Split complementary#79BCFA, #B779FA

Tetradic#79FAB7, #797BFA, #FA79BB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FEFDDB

Lighter +10%#FCFBAA

Darker −10%#F8F548

Darker −20%#F6F317

Darker −30%#D2CF08

Darker −40%#A19F06

More saturated +25%#FFFD74

Less saturated −25%#E9E78A

Channel breakdown

R250

G248

B121

Red250 (98%)

Green248 (97.3%)

Blue121 (47.5%)

Hue59.07°

Saturation (HSL)92.81%

Lightness72.75%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G F8 · B 79

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