Colour

#FAFA06

#FAFA06
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Yellow

#FAFA06 is a yellow with RGB values 250, 250, 6 and HSL 60°, 96%, 50%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow.

Colour values

#FAFA06#FAFA06

HEX#FAFA06

RGBrgb(250, 250, 6)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.9804, 0.0235

RGB percentages98%, 98%, 2.4%

HSLhsl(60, 96.1%, 50.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(60, 97.6%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 0%, 97.6%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,448,006

CSS custom property--colour: #FAFA06;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.88708WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness235.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.74:1

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

Contrast with black18.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E8E8E8

Inverted#0505F9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFEF00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFF532no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.8 from the original

Tritanopia#FFE9D5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 84.2 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 text18.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow · ΔE 2.5 Gold · ΔE 21.8 Green yellow · ΔE 33.3 Yellow green · ΔE 36.3 Goldenrod · ΔE 45.4 Chartreuse · ΔE 47.7

Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 2.51, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0606FA

Analogous#FA8006, #80FA06

Triadic#06FAFA, #FA06FA

Split complementary#0680FA, #8006FA

Tetradic#06FA80, #0606FA, #FA0680

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FEFECE

Lighter +30%#FDFD9C

Lighter +20%#FCFC6A

Lighter +10%#FBFB38

Darker −10%#C9C904

Darker −20%#979703

Darker −30%#656502

Darker −40%#333301

More saturated +25%#FFFF01

Less saturated −25%#DADA26

Channel breakdown

R250

G250

Red250 (98%)

Green250 (98%)

Blue6 (2.4%)

Hue60°

Saturation (HSL)96.06%

Lightness50.2%

Dominant channelRed and Green

Hex per channelR FA · G FA · B 06

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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