Recognised as Colour

#FAF919

#FAF919
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Yellow

#FAF919 is a yellow with RGB values 250, 249, 25 and HSL 60°, 96%, 54%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow.

Colour values

#FAF919#FAF919

HEX#FAF919

RGBrgb(250, 249, 25)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.9765, 0.098

RGB percentages98%, 97.6%, 9.8%

HSLhsl(59.7, 95.7%, 53.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(59.7, 90%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 0.4%, 90%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,447,769

CSS custom property--colour: #FAF919;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.88146WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness234.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.63:1

Contrast with white1.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black18.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E9E9E9

Inverted#0506E6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFEE00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFF437no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.4 from the original

Tritanopia#FFE8D5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 82.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.13:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text18.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow · ΔE 4.4 Gold · ΔE 20.7 Green yellow · ΔE 33.3 Yellow green · ΔE 35.1 Goldenrod · ΔE 43.8 Khaki · ΔE 47.4

Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 4.39, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#191AFA

Analogous#FA8919, #8AFA19

Triadic#19FAF9, #F919FA

Split complementary#198AFA, #8919FA

Tetradic#19FA89, #191AFA, #FA198A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FEFEE1

Lighter +30%#FDFDAF

Lighter +20%#FCFC7D

Lighter +10%#FBFA4B

Darker −10%#DBDA05

Darker −20%#A9A904

Darker −30%#777703

Darker −40%#454502

More saturated +25%#FFFE14

Less saturated −25%#DDDC36

Channel breakdown

R250

G249

B25

Red250 (98%)

Green249 (97.6%)

Blue25 (9.8%)

Hue59.73°

Saturation (HSL)95.74%

Lightness53.92%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G F9 · B 19

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